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Pakistans Airlines passenger plane crashes in Karachi

May 22, 2020

PAKISTAN-AVIATION-ACCIDENT — Police spray water on the part of a Pakistan International Airlines aircraft after it crashed at a residential area in Karachi on May 22, 2020. - A Pakistan passenger plane with more than 100 people believed to be on board crashed in the southern city of Karachi on May 22, the country's aviation authority said. (Photo by Asif HASSAN / AFP) (Photo by ASIF HASSAN/AFP via Getty Images)

A Pakistan Airlines flight with more than 100 passengers has crashed in the Pakistan city of Karachi, aviation officials say.

Pakistan’s Aviation Ministry said the flight was carrying 99 passengers and 8 crew members.

As reported by CNN, flight PK8303 took off from Lahore and was due to land at 2.30 pm local time in Karachi but went missing from the radar according to Pakistan Airlines Spokesman Abdullah Khan.

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