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21 killed in Karachi air crash
PAK-CRASH
Karachi, Nov 5 (PTI) Twenty-one people, including at
least one foreign national, were killed when a small aircraft
belonging to a private charter service crashed immediately
after taking off from the airport in the southern Pakistani
port city of Karachi on Friday.
The Beechcraft 1900C aircraft of JS Air, which had
been chartered to ferry employees of a US oil company, had 19
passengers and two crew members on board, Civil Aviation
Authority officials told TV news channels.
The officials said at least one foreigner was on the
aircraft but did not give his nationality.
Immediately after the twin-engine turboprop aircraft
took off from Karachi aircraft at 7.15 am (IST), the pilot
informed the control tower that one of the engines had failed.
The pilot was advised to turn back and land.
However, the aircraft crashed into open ground at an
army central ordinance depot near the airport and burst into
flames.
Lt Col Noor Alam, an army officer who participated
in the rescue operation, told the media, "No one survived the
crash. There were no casualties on the ground as the aircraft
crashed into an open field.
The situation is under control and the army mounted
the best possible rescue operation."
Army personnel cordoned off the area and began pulling
bodies out of the debris after dousing the flames.
Ambulances of the private Chippa rescue service took at
least 12 bodies to the Jinnah Hospital.
Alam said all the bodies were charred beyond recognition
and it was impossible to make out whether the dead were
Pakistanis or foreigners.
"One of our officers fainted on seeing the bodies," he
said. The nose of the aircraft had to be cut to remove the
bodies of the pilot and co-pilot, Alam said.
The aircraft was taking a group of workers to the
Bhitshah oilfield near Karachi. JS Air had been chartered by
the US oil company to ferry its workers as part of a weekly
change of shift at the oilfield.
Due to security concerns, the workers are flown directly
to the oilfield. Besides the pilot and co-pilot, 17 passengers
including one foreigner, a guard from the Airport Security
Force and a technician were on board the aircraft, officials
were quoted as saying by TV news channels. PTI RHL
DBP
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Karachi, Nov 5 (PTI) Twenty-one people, including at
least one foreign national, were killed when a small aircraft
belonging to a private charter service crashed immediately
after taking off from the airport in the southern Pakistani
port city of Karachi on Friday.
The Beechcraft 1900C aircraft of JS Air, which had
been chartered to ferry employees of a US oil company, had 19
passengers and two crew members on board, Civil Aviation
Authority officials told TV news channels.
The officials said at least one foreigner was on the
aircraft but did not give his nationality.
Immediately after the twin-engine turboprop aircraft
took off from Karachi aircraft at 7.15 am (IST), the pilot
informed the control tower that one of the engines had failed.
The pilot was advised to turn back and land.
However, the aircraft crashed into open ground at an
army central ordinance depot near the airport and burst into
flames.
Lt Col Noor Alam, an army officer who participated
in the rescue operation, told the media, "No one survived the
crash. There were no casualties on the ground as the aircraft
crashed into an open field.
The situation is under control and the army mounted
the best possible rescue operation."
Army personnel cordoned off the area and began pulling
bodies out of the debris after dousing the flames.
Ambulances of the private Chippa rescue service took at
least 12 bodies to the Jinnah Hospital.
Alam said all the bodies were charred beyond recognition
and it was impossible to make out whether the dead were
Pakistanis or foreigners.
"One of our officers fainted on seeing the bodies," he
said. The nose of the aircraft had to be cut to remove the
bodies of the pilot and co-pilot, Alam said.
The aircraft was taking a group of workers to the
Bhitshah oilfield near Karachi. JS Air had been chartered by
the US oil company to ferry its workers as part of a weekly
change of shift at the oilfield.
Due to security concerns, the workers are flown directly
to the oilfield. Besides the pilot and co-pilot, 17 passengers
including one foreigner, a guard from the Airport Security
Force and a technician were on board the aircraft, officials
were quoted as saying by TV news channels. PTI RHL
DBP
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