TIL Desk/World/Karachi/ Ninety-seven people were killed and two passengers miraculously survived a deadly crash after a Pakistan International Airlines plane with 99 travellers on board plunged into a densely populated residential area near the Jinnah International Airport here, officials said on Saturday.
Flight PK-8303 from Lahore crashed at the Jinnah Garden area near Model Colony in Malir on Friday afternoon, minutes before its landing in Karachi, they said. Eleven people on the ground were injured. Sindh health officials have said that 97 people have been confirmed dead, while two survived the crash on Saturday. Both the survivors are in stable condition and 19 victims have been identified, the report said.
The Airbus A320 aircraft of the national carrier had 91 passengers and a crew of eight. A third person, who had earlier been identified as a survivor from the plane, was later confirmed to be a resident of the area where the plane crashed. She was among the 11 persons, who were injured when the plane crashed into the residential area, damaging several houses, the report added.
