All 47 passengers die in Pakistan plane crash

Sunday, 11/12/2016 14:30
All 47 people on board of the Pakistan International Airlines flight that crashed near Abbottabad were killed.

(Photo: AFP)

Pakistan's National Disaster Management Authority said 46 of the 47 bodies have been recovered.

The Pakistan International Airlines ATR-42 aircraft crashed after taking off from the Northern Chitral region, the airline has stated.

Senior police officer Khurram Rasheed said the plane crashed in a village in the district of Abbottabad, 75 kilometres northwest of the capital, Islamabad.

According to the latest updates, the black box of the crashed plane has been recovered. Pakistan International Airlines officials confirmed that the information recovered from the flight data recorder may prove crucial to the investigation of the reasons behind the plane crash.

Plane crashes are not uncommon in Pakistan. About 150 people were killed in a crash in the hills of Islamabad in 2010. In 2015, a military helicopter carrying several diplomats also crashed in the country’s north, killing eight people. A private plane also crashed near Islamabad due to bad weather in 2012, killing all 127 people on board./.

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