At least 97 people killed and two survive after a passenger plane crashed into homes in Pakistan's southern city of Karachi - officials
Volunteers and soldiers look for survivors of a plane crash in a residential area of Karachi, Pakistan, May 22, 2020. Ninety-seven people were killed and two survived when a passenger plane crashed into homes in Pakistan's southern city of Karachi, health officials said on Saturday.
The Pakistan International Airlines plane had made multiple approaches to land at the city's airport when it came down in a residential area, damaging buildings and sparking a rescue operation that lasted into the night. All passengers and crew had been accounted for and the bodies of those killed had been recovered from the crash site, the Sindh Health Ministry said, adding that 19 had been identified.The site remained cordoned off on Saturday morning. Security personnel cordon off a street a day after a Pakistan International Airlines aircraft crashed in a residential area in Karachi on May 23, 2020. The crash sent plumes of smoke were into the air as rescue workers and residents searched the debris for people and as firefighters tried to extinguish the flames.The plane went down about 2:39 p.m. northeast of Jinnah International Airport in the poor and congested residential area known as Model Colony between houses that were smashed by its wings. Police in protective masks struggled to clear away crowds amid the smoke and dust so ambulances and firetrucks could reach the crash site.The Sindh provincial health department said it had recovered 57 bodies, while PIA chairman Arshad Malik said finding all the dead could take two to three days.The A320 can carry up to 180 passengers, depending on how its cabin is configured.At least two people aboard survived, according to the health department, revising an earlier statement that three were alive. Local TV stations showed video of a man on a stretcher they identified as Zafar Masood, the head of the Bank of Punjab.
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