Pakistan's aviation minister said Wednesday that 'human error' on the part of the pilot, the co-pilot and air traffic control caused last month's Pakistan International Airline crash in the port city of Karachi that killed 97 people.
Fire brigade staff try to put out fire caused by a plane crash in Karachi, Pakistan, on May 22, 2020. ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan's aviation minister said Wednesday that "human error" on the part of the pilot, the co-pilot and air traffic control caused last month's Pakistan International Airline crash in the port city of Karachi that killed 97 people.
There were only two survivors of the Airbus A320 crash, which was carrying 91 passengers and eight crew members. A 13-year-old girl from the neighbourhood where the plane went down was critically injured and later died in a hospital. Pakistan has been hard hit by COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus, with more than 188,000 cases and 1,346 deaths since February, when it reported its first confirmed case.
"The engines of the plane were damaged when they scraped the runway but the air traffic control did not inform the pilot," he said.
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