Tragic News just before Eid. Our Prayers are with Families to those on board.

sad, cried yes unable console

So sad. My heart bleeds for the people who have lost their near and dear. Very sad.

Rip

What goes around comes around

Inna lilahi wa inna ilahi rajiyoun. :(

Yet another sad day. Rest in peace lovely people.

Its always a human error, leads to a crash of a plane.

Very sorry to hear news of loss of human lives.

Maintaining an aircraft of an airline, is the most necessity after every flight. Needs calibration of certain instruments accordingly. A slight miss, can cause disaster.

Rest in peace

British Airways, Singapore Airlines, Emirates, Etihad, after every flight they check minutely the fuselage, engines and the fans, and sure PIA staff dont do or not trained to do.

@Wanthi Baedhi, And what is that supposed to mean?

Tall houses near Karachi airport.

Where is PM, Minister Aviation, Secretary Aviation and CEO PIA.

Sudden stopping/shutting down of two engines during flight is fishy? Needs proper & thorough investigation.

Inna lillahe wa inna elihe rajoon!

@M. Emad, You are very observant!!!

So sad, just before the holidays (Eid) RIP to all who tragically died and pray and quick recovery who survived and families. PIA has a good record of safety issue in the Air Lines Industry but don't know what exactly happened to this plane???

Never fly in PIA, too many accidents, to many incidents swept under the carpet. Pay little bit higher and choose others

RIP

@Pankaj, Each & every Airlines in the world, including poorest African Airlines follows the SOP. Otherwise, there will be a daily air crashes in the world. Let's not poke nose into irrelevant matters, atleast during sensitive time.

@Pankaj, please check whose planes, pilots and staff both air crew and ground staff did Emirates airline use to launch themselves into airline industry. FYI it was PIA. Sad to see this unwarranted hate

Condolences from this Canadian. SAD... Gordon D. Walker Canada

Horrible accident....... RIP to innocent lives

Heartfelt condolences to families of departed souls. Hope the ones who are alive recover fully!

Shocking. Saddened . RIP.

Inna lilahi wa inna ilahi rajiyoun

RIP

RIP

Veery sad news before Eid. RIP, condolences for vicims families.

So sad to hear this news right before holy festival EID. Thoughts and prayers with families who has lost loved ones.

@Pankaj, They do. Most of the Middle East carriers have ex-PIA staff.

Deepest condolences for the affected families of the crash victims. 817 966 8286 Javaid Hameed Fort Worth Texas U.S.A.

May the departed souls have the doors of Jannah open and the immediate families have strength and patience in this hour of calamity Ameen.

Tragic news. just on the eve of Ramzan. Our prayers are with the families of the deceased. RIP!

Rip.

Very very sad ! Loss of life is always sad and painful. These recurring PIA incidents need to be investigated, lessons should be learnt and those responsible should be brought to justice.With covid restrictions on running of an airline, there is a need more than usual of aircraft maintenance, flying skills and training. RIP

RIP

Inna lillahi wa inna ilahi rajiuoon: Very shocking & sad news:mayAllah bestow solace & tranquillity to the departed souls in Janatul firdose & patience to the bereaved!

Bad news from everywhere these days..Almighty is not happy with the way we are living.....Tragedies are occurring as we are living against nature.....Condolences to the families of the bereaved.Irreparable loss to the families...RIP...

Rest In Peace... Sad to hear

Tragic. Sad.

My heartfelt condolences.. may their souls rest in peace

Sending condolences and prayers from America to all the victims of this crash. #Karachi #Strong!

Sad news. Usually there are not many residential areas around airports as a general rule. IF that is not the case in Karachi maybe it's time to plan for a new airport further away or at least change the runway approach from a lesser inhabited area.

Tragic .My condolences to the bereaved families .

sad

Condolences to the families. Best wishes to the survivors. Very sad to hear this.

@Wanthi Baedhi, What do you mean by this statement?

RIP

My condolences.. My prayers for all the victims

@Pankaj, That doesnt make sense. If that was the case, the rate of disasters would have been much more.

@Vikas - that’s not true at all, Mumbai, HongKong, New York and many other Intl airports are close to large, dense populations ...

Sad time for entire humanity. We are getting just worst news from across the globe. Just praying to Almighty please turn this negative time into positivity.

Heartfelt condolences. Wish a speedy recovery for all the injured.

Where is IK. No statements until now, atleast look at Pakistan now

@Pankaj, Yes, they are trained...no human engineered system has reliability of 100%!

Time to revisit the presence of tall buildings near the runway!

@Pankaj, I don't agree with your last comment about training; PIA aircraft and equipment may not be the latest compared to the airlines you have mentioned, but safety checks and maintaing QC standards happen as per international norms.

@Himanshu M, Many accidents, yes unfortunately do happen because of human error, but NOT ALL. Everything man made will at some point fail, no matter what you do!

Rest in peace,unbearable loss to the families and friends.

Om shanti

@Vikas, this is a good suggestion, but many people will then start building houses and builders will build new housing colonies near new airport. This is mentality of people to buy property as near as possible to airport as its market value is better.

@Wanthi Baedhi, What do you mean by this statement?

What a terrible disaster to happen. When people in the neighborhood wake up the next morning, it will be hard for them to realize that this chilling, unfortunate accident happened right in their neighborhood. May almighty give courage and strength of the affected families to overcome this tragic situation. There is always a dawn after the dusk.

Don’t really expect an honest and transparent inquiry. Planes don't just fall out of the sky. Clearly something very wrong occurred. It is no secret that PIA’s planes are in a bad shape.

There is a high possibility that both engines failing in the immediate vicinity of the aerodrome traffic area was caused by hitting a flock of birds. I have been in an aircraft which lost one engine due to bird hit but landed safely at Islamabad airport. Birds can hit both engines instead of one. CAA people are given a quota of 12 bore gun cartridges to shoo away birds near runways but they are seldom seen using them. The waste disposal all over Karachi is abysmally poor. If a lesson needs to be learnt from this tragic crash it should start with proper waste disposal at Karachi even if such work has to be out sourced to the Chinese or the Turks.

@Wanthi Baedhi, are you ok?

Wanthi you must be a sick individual. please get some Help!!

@Wanthi Baedhi, ???? Y r you even here commenting?

@Vikas, : Mumbai has a huge slum near its airport.

@pregnant Pakistani, needed to know.

@Himanshu M, please don’t jump to conclusions

@Pankaj, Cathy pacific , Emirates, Air India , Malaysian , British airways , American Airlines all have had history of plane crashes

@Wanthi Baedhi, so sad to read your comment. Shame on you Please have some decency.

This is a very tragic event. Condolences to those who have lost loved ones.

@Pankaj, none of these airlines ever had crash including Indian airlines which has the worst record in the world?? Typical cheap

Very sad and tragic loss,

Very sad news.let departed soul rest in peace.

Extremely tragic . Deeply saddened to know that so many people have lost their lives. My sympathies and prayers are with those who are left to grieve the loss of people dearer to them.

This crash is one of the many that has resulted in unnecessary lose of lives in Pakistani aviation history.. question remains whether qualified personal is engaged in maintenance of these sophisticated passenger jets...an overhaul is mandatory from top to bottom to ensure these kinds of disasters don't happen again..even if it means in hiring experienced mechanics from overseas..

Very sad news May departed soul rest in peace.

Condolences from India

Any estimates of deaths on the ground? If any it is much more devastating

Unless selections are made on merit rather than political affiliation, domicile...the sequence of failures and crashes will continue! This is a big warning...time to reboot PIA!

why didn't Pilot go for crash landing??

Sad. PIA should be held accountable.

@Karamat, check the number of flights PIA operates and compare it to other national carriers,you will see the difference.

@Zulfiqar, hate ?? He said truth try to listen people too .. sad peoples lost lives RIP

Really sad... Our prayers for friends n families of deceased. May injured recover soon..

Ameen

@Zulfiqar, Not pilots. Maintenance crew, staff, funding and diligence is the point.

Can’t stop thinking of the crash, the families and the neighborhood of the accident.

@Nick, NY, Plus there has to be accountability! Unless the culprits of the past accidents are punished, the future accidents will continue to happen.

Actually, the engineers who cleared the aircraft need to be held accountable. Also the manifest of travellers needs to be deeply scrutinized to assess who is who that was travelling, as there might be that one specific person, or persons who may have been the real target, for whom this heinous crime was enacted killing so many innocent people. This requires forensic assessment and checking, right from the time people started booking, their backgrounds, and their reasons of travel. Not just the simple reason to fly or travel from one place to another. But more deeper assessments of their reasons to travel. This should lead to a conclusive reason, and then disclose those findings, and have the persons accountable hanged. No trials. Till the punishment is hard, crimes will ensue.

@Himanshu M, It's not always a human error, but a majority of aviation accidents are due to human errors...like this accident in Model Colony: A Pilot's Error!

It is so sad and unfortunate but it all happened due to the negligence of one person. Can we make sure that PIA aircraft are in excellent condition to fly? And PIA esteemed pilots will not take a matter into their own hands and follow the aircraft manual properly.