KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) – A Pakistan International Airlines Airplane jet with 99 people aboard crashed into a congested property district of the city of Karachi on Friday afternoon while approaching the airport.
A minimum of 56 individuals were validated to have passed away, healthcare facility officials informed Reuters, though other officials provided different figures and authorities did not release a price quote of casualties on the ground.
2 passengers endured, including Zafar Masood, president of the Bank of Punjab, a Sindh provincial federal government spokesman said. The bank said he had actually suffered fractures however was “conscious and reacting well”.
The other survivor, engineer Muhammad Zubair, informed Geo News the pilot came down for one landing, briefly touched down, then removed once again.
After around 10 more minutes of flying, the pilot announced to guests he was going to go around for a second go, then crashed as he approached the runway, Zubair said from his bed in Civil Hospital Karachi.
” All I might see around was smoke and fire,” he added. “I could hear screams from all instructions. Kids and adults. All I might see was fire. I couldn’t see any people– simply hear their screams.
” I opened my safety belt and saw some light– I approached