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Two passengers SURVIVE deadly Pakistan plane crash | |
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Two passengers miraculously survived the devastating crash of a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane which went down in a residential area near Karachi only minutes from the airport, local authorities have confirmed. | |
Bank of Punjab (BOP) CEO Zafar Masud was one of the two confirmed miracle survivors. | |
BOP said Masud was being treated in hospital, writing on Twitter that he has "sustained injuries but he is out of danger." | |
The other passenger has been named as Mohd Zubair by a Sindh government official on Twitter. | |
There has been no official confirmation as to the total number of survivors, but local media outlet Geo News said Masud is one of “multiple" people who escaped death. | |
The Sindh region's Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah visited Masud at the Darul Sehat Hospital in Karachi and had a brief talk with him, reports also said. | The Sindh region's Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah visited Masud at the Darul Sehat Hospital in Karachi and had a brief talk with him, reports also said. |
Local news reports said Masud's brother is now with him at the hospital and that he called his mother after miraculously surviving the deadly crash, apparently sustaining only fractures. | |
The plane crashed in the residential Model Colony neighborhood outside the city after reportedly running into a technical problem which prevented the pilot from coming in to land. The last communication from the plane was a Mayday alert. | |
Rescue workers are at the scene with the Pakistani Army’s quick reaction force, and local reports indicate up to 20 people have been pulled from the rubble of damaged buildings. | Rescue workers are at the scene with the Pakistani Army’s quick reaction force, and local reports indicate up to 20 people have been pulled from the rubble of damaged buildings. |
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