Tragedy in Pakistan claims 97 lives, but casualties limited to injuries in crowded neighbourhood where jet crashed
This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.When the plane jolted violently, Mohammad Zubair thought it was turbulence. Then the pilot came on the intercom to warn that the landing could be “troublesome.”
Army troops shift the coffin of crash victim Major Shaheryar Baloch, who died along with his wife and two children, during their funeral a day after a Pakistan International Airlines aircraft crashed in a residential area in Karachi.The plane crashed near Jinnah International Airport, in the poor and congested residential area known as Model Colony. PIA spokesman Abdullah Hafiz Khan said the aircraft destroyed or heavily damaged 18 homes.
“Suddenly the plane jerked violently, once and then again,” said Zubair. The aircraft turned and the pilot’s voice came over the intercom. They were experiencing engine trouble and the landing could be “troublesome,” the pilot said. That was the last thing Zubair remembered until he woke up in a scene of chaos.He crawled his way out of the smoke and rubble, and was eventually pulled from the ground and rushed into an ambulance.
Pakistan has been in a countrywide lockdown since mid-March because of the coronavirus, and when flights resumed every other seat was left vacant to promote social distancing. Ownership records for the Airbus A320 showed China Eastern Airlines flew the plane from 2004 until 2014. The plane then entered PIA’s fleet, leased from GE Capital Aviation Services.
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