Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane carrying 99 people aboard crashed into a densely populated residential area near Jinnah International Airport in Karachi on Friday afternoon.
At least 80 people were confirmed to have died, provincial health authorities said, but it was not immediately
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane carrying 99 people aboard crashed into a densely populated residential area near Jinnah International Airport in Karachi on Friday afternoon.
At least 80 people were confirmed to have died, provincial health authorities said, but it was not immediately clear whether they included casualties on the ground. A total of 80 bodies were brought to JPMC hospital and the Civil Hospital Karachi.
Flight PK-8303 carrying 91 passengers and eight crew members from Lahore was about to land at Karachi airport when it crashed in Jinnah Garden area near Model Colony in Malir, just a minute before its landing.