KARACHI: At least 12 people were killed when a Russian-made cargo plane crashed in a fireball seconds after taking off from Karachi on Sunday.
Rescue workers recovered 12 bodies from the crash site, including four identified as local labourers, and the death toll was expected to rise.
Authorities said the Ilyushin IL-76 operated by Georgian airline Sunway slammed into buildings soon after refuelling and taking off from the airport in Pakistan’s business capital.
The plane was carrying eight crew members and 31 tons of supplies for Sudanese capital Khartoum and the crash was so severe that fire engulfed two buildings, as well as adjacent construction sites, the spokesman said.
“Rescue workers have recovered 12 dead bodies, these include eight crew members and four labourers on ground,” Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) spokesman Pervez George earlier told AFP.
George has already announced that all eight people on board have have been died.
Authorities said they had brought the fire under control but rescue workers were still searching for bodies.
Had it been crashed Just two streets away from construction site, it would have resulted in severe casualities of Retired Naval officers and their families living in Naval housing scheme(NHS). The worst part after the crash that was faced by people residing in NHS, that people from nearby areas that got inside the naval base started looting. This situation was handled by teenage boys living in nhs that came forwarded as brave citizens.
But the real Question that arises is that it was the third plane accident in four months in Pakistan, a country of 170 million people where inter-city travel is most efficient by air, and the second aircraft to crash after takeoff from Karachi in just four weeks.
Is it just mere incident or some planned conspiracy….??
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