97 dead, 2 survivors from Pakistan plane crash

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KARACHI: All but two of the 99 people on board a Pakistan passenger plane were killed when it crashed into a residential neighbourhood of Karachi, ...

The bodies of all the passengers and crew had been recovered, the Sindh Health Ministry said, adding that 19 had been identified.AdvertisementFlames and plumes of smoke were sent into the air as the plane came down, its wings slicing through rooftops before crashing onto a street.

Rescue workers gather at the site of a passenger plane crash in a residential area near an airport in Karachi, Pakistan May 22, 2020. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro "I was coming from the mosque when I saw the plane tilting on one side. It was so low that the walls of my house were trembling," said 14-year-old Hassan.

Aviation minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan said the captain, Sajjad Gull, had been described by the airline as a senior A320 pilot with extensive flight experience. A man stands near the debris of a house at the site of a passenger plane crash in a residential area near an airport in Karachi, Pakistan May 22, 2020. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro

 

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