Pakistani national carrier's plane missing after takeoff
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[QUOTE] ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan's national carrier says one of its planes has gone missing after takeoff in the country's north with about 40 on board.
Daniyal Gilani, the spokesman for Pakistan International Airlines, says their ATR-42 aircraft carrying around 40 passengers and crew lost touch Wednesday with the control tower. He says all resources are being mobilized to locate the plane.[/QUOTE]
[url]http://bigstory.ap.org/ef279e64b717497e92199414612a326a[/url]
Story is breaking so I'll update the OP with more sources as they become available.
No surprise this is PIA, they're notoriously shitty. Last time I was on one of their planes, we had water leaking from the roof. Really.
[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-38238699[/url]
The plane has apparently crashed.
Remind me to never fly with PIA
[QUOTE=mchapra;51492112]No surprise this is PIA, they're notoriously shitty. Last time I was on one of their planes, we had water leaking from the roof. Really.[/QUOTE]
[video=youtube;wgoYhl0sYYQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgoYhl0sYYQ[/video]
related?
Whereas usually anyone would think possible terrorist action, with PIA the first thought is safety issues. So sad that people had to lose their lives in this way.
[QUOTE]Pakistan passenger plane 'on fire' before crashing with 47 onboard[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE]A plane was burning in the air before it plummeted into the ground after take-off in Pakistan, according to witnesses.
The plane went missing after take-off in the country's north with around 47 people on board.
Pakistani TV channels reported the plane took off from the city of Chitral but lost contact with ground control shortly afterwards.
The aircraft, operated by Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) crashed around 4.50pm local time, in the Havelian area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
It was flying to the country's capital, Islamabad when it hit a mountain slope.
Witnesses have described seeing burning bodies as authorities reveal they do not expect to find survivors from flight PK-661.
Taj Muhammad Khan, a government official based in the Havelian region, told Reuters: "All of the bodies are burned beyond recognition.[/QUOTE]
[url]http://news.sky.com/story/pakistan-passenger-plane-on-fire-before-crashing-with-47-onboard-10686552[/url]
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