Crashed plane of Pakistan International

An ATR 42 of Pakistan International Airlines crashed on a domestic flight. There were 48 people on board. There were no survivors.

The Pakistan Army immediately sent helicopters and soldiers to search for the plane. Pakistan International Airlines had previously stated that they did not know what happened to the machine, which was launched on Wednesday afternoon (December 7) at about 15:30 P.m. local time in Chitral. «We are sorry to inform that the ATR 42, flight PK661 with about 40 passengers aboard has lost contact with the control tower,» said the national airline.

The ATR 42-500 by Pakistan international airlines with the designation AP-BHO would have to land in Islamabad at 16:40. But on the way there she crashed in the vicinity of Havelian in the North of the country. The officials confirmed. The local police released images of the accident site, where you can see a fire and wreckage. Apparently, the plane into the side of a mountain is cracked.

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