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Major air crashes in Pakistan

Published December 8, 2016
PIA crew members who lost their lives in Wednesday’s crash: (from left) Captain Saleh Janjua, first officers Ahmed Janjua and Aly Akram and flight attendants Sadaf Farooq and Asma Adil
PIA crew members who lost their lives in Wednesday’s crash: (from left) Captain Saleh Janjua, first officers Ahmed Janjua and Aly Akram and flight attendants Sadaf Farooq and Asma Adil

ISLAMABAD: A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) passenger plane with 47 people on board crashed on Wednesday during a domestic flight from Chitral to Islamabad, an airline spokesman said.

Published in Dawn, December 8th, 2016

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