Survivors unlikely in Pakistan plane crash, many bodies burnt

Witness says that the aircraft has crashed in a mountainous area, and before it hit the ground it was on fire

Pakistan International Airlines wreckage
The wreckage of a plane at a remote crash site in the northern Pakistan mountain area of Havelian (<b>Photo: Reuters</b>)
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Last Updated : Dec 08 2016 | 5:56 PM IST
There are unlikely to be any survivors from a Pakistan International Airlines plane that crashed in a mountainous northern region with 47 people on board on Wednesday, a government official on the scene said.

"All of the bodies are burned beyond recognition. The debris is scattered," Taj Muhammad Khan, a government official based in the Havelian region, told Reuters.

Khan, who was at the site of the crash, added that witnesses told him "the aircraft has crashed in a mountainous area, and before it hit the ground it was on fire."
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First Published: Dec 08 2016 | 5:49 PM IST

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