As Fazal Rahmaan, 80 and his wife, Wahida Rahmaan, 74, boarded a plane in the Pakistani city of Lahore on Friday, their family's biggest fear was that they might catch the coronavirus on their way to spend the holiday in Karachi. The control tower told the pilot that two runways were clear for landing, but air traffic control lost communication with the crew and the plane crashed shortly after.
Signal was lost at 02:40 at 525 feet.After around 10 more minutes of flying, the pilot announced to passengers he was going to go around for a second go, then crashed as he approached the runway, survivor Mohammed Zubair said from his bed in Civil Hospital Karachi. All I could see was fire. "Eyewitness Mohammed Uzair Khan told the BBC he had heard a massive sound and went outside his home. The plane had two CFM56-5B4 engines. I couldn't see any people - just hear their screams".He added: "I opened my seatbelt and saw some light - I went towards the light. I had to jump down about 10 feet to get to safety.”"The aeroplane first hit a mobile tower and crashed over houses," eyewitness Shakeel Ahmed said near the site.According to an audio clipping of conversation between the ill-fated PK 8303's pilot and air traffic control room, the "We are returning back, sir, we have lost engines," a man was heard saying in a recording released by liveatc.net. Pakistan has a checkered military and civilian aviation safety record, with frequent plane and helicopter crashes over the years. A deadly plane crash in Pakistan is prompting questions about how the crew could touch down without landing gear when their sophisticated jetliner was bristling with equipment to prevent pilots from doing just that.
PIA’s chief engineer signed a separate certificate April 28 saying all maintenance had been conducted on the plane and that "the aircraft is fully airworthy and meets all the safety" standards.Ownership records for the Airbus A320 involved in the crash showed China Eastern Airlines flew the plane from 2004 until 2014. Airbus is providing assistance to the investigation. When Zain Polani was flying back to Karachi from Lahore on Friday with his wife and three sons to celebrate Eid together, little did he know that it would be the last journey for the five-member family. It had been given permission to land but the pilots decided to abort and go around for a second attempt.The reason is not yet known, but one civil aviation official told Reuters the plane may have been unable to lower its undercarriage. ASIF HASSAN/AFP/Getty Our thoughts are with all those affected. At least one passenger survived the crash of a Pakistani airliner that went down on Friday in a residential area of Karachi, a government official said. In 2016, a Pakistan International Airlines plane burst into flames after one of its two turboprop engines failed while flying from the remote northern to Islamabad, killing more than 40 people. Wildfires spread in California as oppressive heat wave continuesBruce Williamson, former Temptations lead singer, has died at 49Trump says he'd support probe into postmaster general allegationsCohen memoir calls Trump "a fraud, a bully, a racist, a predator"California pastor holds rally in defiance of COVID guidelinesKhashoggi's fiancee slams final verdicts in journalist's murderPrince Harry repays UK taxpayers' money used for home renovationBattleground Tracker: Latest polls, state of the race and more5 things to know about CBS News' 2020 Battleground TrackerRepublicans see U.S. as better off now than 4 years ago: CBS News pollWith more mail-in ballots, officials urge patience on election nightAmericans and the right to vote: Why it's not easy for everyoneDemocrats are happy with Biden's VP pick: CBS News pollWhy some mail-in ballots are rejected and how to make sure your vote countsWhat happens if the president doesn't accept the election results?Election Day could turn into "Election Week" with rise in mail ballotsFirefighters spray water on the wreckage of a Pakistan International Airlines aircraft after it crashed at a residential area in Karachi on May 22, 2020. The airline's chief executive, Arshad Malik, told reporters he knew of 41 confirmed deaths.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. The plane then entered PIA’s fleet, leased from GE Capital Aviation Services.The manufacturer of the plane, Airbus, has expressed regret over the incident in a statement. A 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. But it was not clear how many of the dead were passengers and how many residents on the ground.Zafar Masud, president of the Bank of Punjab, was the other passenger who survived the crash, a provincial government spokesman said. A deadly plane crash in Pakistan is prompting questions about how the crew could touch down without landing gear when their sophisticated jetliner was bristling with equipment to prevent pilots from doing just that. Many dead in Pakistan as PIA plane plunges into Karachi houses. A 13-year-old girl, who was critically wounded on the ground when a Pakistan International Airlines plane crashed in a crowded neighbourhood, has died due to her burn injuries, taking the death count in the accident to 98, according to a media report on Tuesday. One US citizen was on board the flight that crashed in Karachi, Pakistan, on Friday, a State Department official told CNN.
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