ISLAMABAD, May 22 -- A total of 50 bodies and seven injured people have been recovered and shifted to two hospitals after a passenger plane crashed in a residential area in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi Friday, police sources and rescuers said.
Police sources told Xinhua that the deceased will be identified through DNA tests.
Briefing Xinhua about the cause of crash, Ismail Khoso, spokesman of the country's Civil Aviation Authority said that the plane of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), Airbus A320, with some 100 people on board, crashed shortly before landing at Karachi airport on Friday afternoon.
"I cannot confirm the cause of crash, CAA's investigation board will probe the incident and its report will be released on Saturday or a day after, after which I will be able to share the details," he said.
However, he confirmed that the pilot contacted the control tower intimating that the plane was meeting some technical fault, and he was told that two runways were vacant for landing and he may use any as per convenience. "Instead of landing, the pilot preferred to take another round in the air, and shortly after he lost contact with the control, the plane was later found crashed in residential area."
He said that loss of lives was also feared on the ground, because houses were destroyed and several walls were damaged in the crash.
The black box of the plane has been found, and it will be sent abroad for decoding, after which the situation will be cleared, said the spokesman.
The plane crashed in Model Town colony, lying close to one of the airport's wall.
Talking to Xinhua about plane crash, an eyewitness Zeeshan Mangi said that planes flying low over their homes is a normal routine as the airport's landing area is hardly 3 km from their houses.
"Friday was also a normal day when the plane flew over our houses to land at airport, but some people saw it flying back and soaring above the ground, before coming for another round to land, but shortly before landing we saw it having problem in the air. It was tilted back and strange sounds were coming out of it," said Mangi.
"Within a blink of eye the plane fell down, it was not like that it plummeted to the ground at a 90 degree angle, its flight was smooth, yet all of a sudden it just fell down on the roofs of the street next to my home with a big bang."
He said that the streets in his colony are congested, due to which snorkels of fire brigade could not reach the area, other small fire engines and rescue teams took about 20 minutes to half an hour to reach the sight, but the damage had been done till then.
"Right now, the affected street has been cordoned off, and some bodies were shifted to ambulances through the roofs, rescue work continues and helicopters are hovering over my area to monitor the situation," the witness said.
The Pakistani government has suspended domestic flight operations in March this year due to its measures against the COVID-19 spread. The government resumed the domestic flight operations on May 16.
Pakistani President Arif Alvi and Prime Minister Imran Khan expressed sorrow over the plane crash and loss of precious lives.
The prime minister through Twitter expressed condolences to families of the deceased, saying that an immediate inquiry would be instituted to know the cause of the crash.
Earlier, on Dec. 7, 2016, an ATR-42 aircraft of the PIA crashed en route from northern Chitral district to capital Islamabad, claiming lives of all 48 passengers and crewmembers onboard.
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