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Pakistan’s PIA plane with over 40 aboard crashes near Havelian

Pakistan's PIA confirmed that Flight PK-661 had lost contact with air traffic controllers on Wednesday afternoon

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Islamabad: A Pakistan International Airlines flight carrying more than 40 people crashed on Wednesday en route to Islamabad from the northern city of Chitral, a regional police official said.

The national flag carrier confirmed in a statement that Flight PK-661 had lost contact with air traffic controllers on Wednesday afternoon.

Laiq Shah, a senior police official in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province told Reuters by telephone that the plane had crashed in that region, near the town of Havelian.

He said rescue personnel were en route to the scene. Reuters

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Published: 07 Dec 2016, 05:46 PM IST
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