PIA Airbus flying Lahore-Karachi crashes

Friday, 22 May 2020Newsdesk

A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) aircraft has crashed in a residential area near Karachi airport. PIA spokesperson Abdul Sattar confirmed the crash and added that the flight, A-320, was carrying 99 people on board, including cabin crew, and was flying from Lahore to Karachi.

New Delhi, 22 May 2020

As per news report of Gulf News, CAA sources said that its communication with the plane one minute before its landing was cut off. PIA spokesperson said that the plane crashed at 2.37pm Pakistan Standard Time, just one minute before the landing. The PIA flight PK-8303 took off from Lahore for Karachi and crashed in a residential area in Karachi, a senior PIA official told Gulf News from Karachi. He said that PIA's emergency and rescue team has been activated.

Source -Gulf News