Footage shows a survivor being pulled from wreckage after a plane crash in Karachi, Pakistan. Read more on this:
A senior Pakistani government source told Sky News one of the survivors is the president of Punjab Bank, Zafar Masud.
The pilot sent a Mayday and told controllers the aircraft had lost power from both its engines on its second attempt to land, according to a recording posted online by liveatc.net, which has released aircraft recordings in the past.After the aircraft reportedly called off an earlier attempt to land and went around for a second attempt, a controller radioed the pilot to say he appeared to be turning left, suggesting he was off-course.
A spokesman for Pakistan's Armed Forces tweeted that helicopters were being used in the search and rescue effort and paramilitary troops had reached the site, alongside civil administration.Footage taken from the scene showed a woman crying as she was helped to safety by another woman and one man being helped by a passer-by as he limped through the cordon.
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