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Pakistan plane carrying 47, crashed!
According to a regional police, a Pakistani plane carrying up to 47 passengers has crashed near Abottabad.
Pakistan International Airlines' (PIA) passenger plane PK 116 was on its way to Islamabad from the northern city of Chitral. Reportedly, even the Pakistani singer and religious preacher Junaid Jamshed was on the plane when it crashed.
According to the national flag carrier’s statement, the plane had lost contact with air traffic controllers in the afternoon, today.
“PIA's ATR-42 aircraft operating as PK-661, carrying around 40 persons lost its contact with the control tower on its way from Chitral to Islamabad a short while ago,” PIA spokesman Daniyal Gilani tweeted.
"All resources are being mobilized to locate the aircraft."
Citing civil aviation sources, the local TVs reported that, the plane lost contact with civil aviation authority at around 4.30pm (11.30 GMT).
Laiq Shah, a senior police official in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province told Reuters by telephone the plane had crashed in that region, near the town of Havelian. He said ground rescue teams were en route to the crash site.
