In pictures: PIA flight PK-661 crashes
The passenger list confirmed there were 31 men, 9 women and 2 infants on board, including Junaid Jamshed.
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight PK-661 carrying 48 passengers and crew crashed on the way to Islamabad from Chitral on December 7, 2016 at 4:42pm PST.
The Civil Aviation Authority confirmed there were no survivors from the ill-fated flight.
The passenger list confirmed there were 31 men, 9 women and 2 infants on board the flight, including singer-cum-evangelist Junaid Jamshed and his family, as well as three foreigners.
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HK
Dec 08, 2016 12:37am
Rest in peace!
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sana-1
Dec 08, 2016 01:23am
A very sad day indeed....no one knows when they are called :( You should be ready even if you are young.
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Sultan alvi, toronto, canada
Dec 08, 2016 02:35am
May God give peace to all the affected families...Aameen!
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iztraab
Dec 08, 2016 02:56am
:(((
i have no words
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AK
Dec 08, 2016 03:23am
Tragic
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Mohsin
Dec 08, 2016 03:41am
Where is the black box
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Mujahid
Dec 08, 2016 04:36am
Very Sad......
PIA is having lot of problems.
Needs total restructuring. .....
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Salim Khan
Dec 08, 2016 04:57am
Very sad to hear this news. RIP all the passengers.
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H Ather
Dec 08, 2016 05:06am
Another accident, another investigation and another botch of things. The history will repeat itself and we will cover it like Air blue and Bhoja and Shaheen air missed calls. The chairman PIA started the well known process by saying that "technical problems do happen", no evidence of human or technical error (all this without investigation).
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Philosopher (from Japan)
Dec 08, 2016 05:37am
I am still in shock and mourning. RIP JJ and all.
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noor patel
Dec 08, 2016 05:41am
Prayers that God in his infinite mercy shower forgiveness on departed souls and give strength to their families to bear the loss.
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annonymus - kabul
Dec 08, 2016 07:51am
rip , condolence
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ZaMir kiani usa
Dec 08, 2016 09:15am
A shock for the nation and world
Lack of caa care and responsibilities
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manoj genani
Dec 08, 2016 09:34am
May their soul rest in peace, :( :( :(
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Sulaiman DHANANI
Dec 08, 2016 09:36am
God bless their souls in eternal peace. What a big low and a huge loss.
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Dove
Dec 08, 2016 09:37am
RIP
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SHOAIB
Dec 08, 2016 09:43am
@sana-1 agree
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ashar
Dec 08, 2016 09:47am
This plane every day pass over my home in the early morning and returned cross approx. 415 to 430 PM . I lived in G8/2 Islamabad. As my only interest is aviation , I must come on my terrace every day to see that particular plane daily . Sad Day. Today I stand same time but no plane cross over . Very Sad .
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RIZ
Dec 08, 2016 10:07am
FIF and Pak army soldiers shoulders to shoulders in rescue efforts...
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MEHRAN AMIR
Dec 08, 2016 10:14am
Rest in peace...........
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AZ
Dec 08, 2016 11:24am
Rest in Peace!
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Mohsin Khan
Dec 08, 2016 12:03pm
Landed in a wrong place.
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Mohsin Khan
Dec 08, 2016 12:05pm
Rest in mountain where all of you have landed.
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Ameer hamzah
Dec 08, 2016 12:16pm
Very sad incident. Nobody had seen it coming. My condolences go to the bereaved families.
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flipflop
Dec 08, 2016 12:23pm
@Mujahid I doubt that they knowingly allowed a faulty aeroplane to fly. Things can go wrong since its a machine. Please don't ridicule and point fingers just like that. While it is true that PIA needs structuring, I think our whole country needs to be restructured starting with ending corruption. May the souls of 45 people rest in peace ...
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iqbal
Dec 08, 2016 12:45pm
I really in shock since last evening about such horrible tragedy. May All shower all to Jannatul Firdous
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Muhammad Sarwat ali
Dec 08, 2016 12:51pm
Tragic! RIP Junaid Jamshed & All. May we witness transparent investigation of the cause of crash?
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SOS
Dec 08, 2016 12:59pm
Our corrupt politicians keep on killing innocent citizens,
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SUBASH MOTWANI
Dec 08, 2016 02:22pm
Very sad incident but in my view PIA is responsible as they used substandard plane for domestic flights as the same are not allowed for international routes.Think about those people who missed/lost their relatives dear one in this high tragic accident i Request to GOVT and PIA authority to make sure run only those aeroplane who meet with world international quality and standard and also bring in court to those PIA officials who allow this type of worst aeroplane on flight route .BELIEVE OR NOT SINCE LAST NIGHT I COULD NOT TAKE MEAL AND SLEEP DUE TO THIS IRREVOCKABLE LOSS OF INNOCENT PASSANGER OF THIS UNFORTUNATE FLIGHT.GOD GIVE US COURAGE TO BEAR THIS LOSS AND KEEP INREST AND PEACE ALL DEPARTED SOULS IN HEAVEN. Aameen.
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SUBASH MOTWANI
Dec 08, 2016 02:24pm
@flipflop i agree with your views
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Nouman
Dec 08, 2016 02:41pm
A tragedy ! Government should call for a national mourning on this incident.
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Akashwani
Dec 08, 2016 03:04pm
RIP
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Jouhar
Dec 08, 2016 03:51pm
We all have to taste death, but what we've sent to the place we leaving for
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Noshin Bashir
Dec 08, 2016 04:56pm
the crash of PK661 inflicted an irreparable damage to the passengers
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Noshin Bashir
Dec 08, 2016 04:56pm
this was not the accident only
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Noshin Bashir
Dec 08, 2016 04:58pm
May their souls rest in eternal peace
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sIKANDAR
Dec 08, 2016 06:06pm
RIP , The tenure of these ATR42s has been long over due.
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Chandan
Dec 08, 2016 06:15pm
Too sad to go through these images. May their souls RIP and God give peace and strength to all these families...
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fb
Dec 08, 2016 07:23pm
May God Give peace to all the family members of the deceased.
RIP.
Ameen
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rashid nasim
Dec 08, 2016 08:52pm
I understand from little research that PIA have very low ranking in safety. I hope we learn our lessons and going forward we do things the right way.
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adeeb sufi
Dec 08, 2016 11:12pm
I have somehow been connected with the PIA Pilots andEnigineers for last45 yrs and always found both at poles apart on the fitness of the aircraft. I always sided with the pilots as their lives were at stake not the engineers. I think we should have a system in PIA one ground engineer certfiying the fitness and air worthiness of the aircraft before take off. If something happens to the aircraft the same person should to held resposible and punished accordingly, head of ground engineering and chairman be sacked.
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Bupi
Dec 09, 2016 05:12am
Its all disteney. May Almighty God give strength to family members to cope up with loss.
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Darrel
Dec 09, 2016 01:09pm
Very sad I guess this is what was written for all on that flight may they souls rest in peace
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Musawar massan
Dec 09, 2016 01:23pm
Lack of accountabilty from all concerned people.
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ArshAd kazmi
Dec 09, 2016 06:19pm
We should rethink about our self regulated religious practices vs safety in air transportation .Air blue crash was due to pilot error. The pilot Chaudry was medically unfit, he had heart disease and high blood pressure issues related to his health.He was praying all night long after landed in Karachi from Jeddah on lyal Ul Qadar night and did not sleep as recommended by Airline guidelines .Pilots make the final call on whether it's safe to land a plane in bad weather or land it safely at another airport.
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ayaz abbasi
Dec 09, 2016 08:35pm
@Mohsin It is one kind of device holding data of the incident
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Anonymous
Dec 10, 2016 06:13am
@flipflop the whole country need constructioning and ending corruption but that's another story that will never happen in Pakistan. As for Pia planes I would never travel in one as they all need getting rid of as all faulty machines no proper checks done in that country there's always some incident occurring day in day out. They charge u a bomb for tickets and through out the year yet they provide crap service and travelling journey horrendous that's pia for u.its about time something is done otherwise more lives will b lost,
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Fahad Iqbal
Dec 10, 2016 09:35am
For God Sake... I request you to STOP making Local Aircraft Parts from Precision Engineering Workshop run under umbrella of PIA.
Procure original parts which are Federal Aviation Administration FAA approved.
May God Bless PIA Travellers.
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Masood
Dec 10, 2016 09:58am
My whole soul is numb with this tragedy !!
Cannot say any thing !
Just pray to the Almighty !
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American
Dec 10, 2016 05:41pm
BBC news wrote, "Plane crashes are not uncommon in Pakistan". so sad that there is no value of human life in Pakistan. I am a frequent traveller through out the world. When i chnged the airline and took a PIA plane at Manchester airport to Lahore. I heard funny and unfamiliar noise in the plane engine when it was taking off. The corruption inside the PIA is the real cause of frequent plane crashes in Pakistan. EU once band PIA for security issues. Most Pakistanis travel in Arab and Turkish airlines. Let these airlines take over domestic business as well. I hate to say that but I wish I could say RIP PIA. Finally my thoughts and prayers are with the victims
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American
Dec 10, 2016 05:45pm
@flipflop you are right whole country needs to be restructred, but PIA involves human lives
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Zubair Abro
Dec 10, 2016 07:40pm
Action must be taken against authorities/responsible people because of their negligence such mishap happens. I am really surprised to see how PIA authorizes are repairing the aircraft i saw a abandoned air craft few days ago near air port vicinity Karachi , which is being repaired engine is attached on wings of aircraft with labors and workers without proper team/environment/equipment machinery of engineers. workers are working i just saw labors polishing and adjusting plan parts accordingly no check and balance ,this is one of the reason why such incidents happen.
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Desi
Dec 07, 2017 01:45pm
It has been one year since the accident, do we have an official report about what caused the crash yet? Or like other investigations, this one is also swept under the rug.
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Wiq
Dec 07, 2017 04:53pm
What did the black box show? Any report of the cause of this crash?
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Ilias from NL
Dec 07, 2017 05:40pm
Any kind of corruption beside but please never ignore a tinny thing when going to check up the plane technically before the flight, ignorance of a moment can take hundreds of lives with out no time.
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ASB
Dec 07, 2017 10:21pm
really sad for whole nation!
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Ashutosh Mishra
Dec 08, 2017 04:53am
May peace be granted to the departed souls, o Lord!!
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Hasan Habib
Dec 08, 2017 11:42am
Sad event but no one asked to properly investigate the allegations leveled against flight operator. If there was investigation, will we see the report in our life time?
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