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Pakistani Passenger Plane Crashes


VOA
7 Dec 2016

A Pakistani passenger plane carrying at least 40 people from the northern town of Chitral to Islamabad crashed Wednesday, officials confirmed.

The ATR-42 aircraft of the state-run Pakistan International Airline went down in an isolated mountainous area near the town of Havelian and caught fire immediately, witnesses and provincial police said.

A military spokesman said it has dispatched troops and helicopters to the site to help in rescue efforts.

A renowned Pakistani singer turned entrepreneur, Junaid Jamshed and his family were among the passengers, his family and PIA officials confirmed.

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