Rescuers recovered the bodies of 36 victims in the plane crash in Pakistan – RIA Novosti

19:2307.12.2016

(updated: 19:27 07.12.2016)

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MOSCOW, 7 Dec — RIA Novosti. Rescuers recovered the bodies of 36 victims in the plane crash of the airline Pakistan International Airlines, reported Geo TV citing the press service of the Pakistan army (ISPR).

Earlier it was reported about 21 body.

“Rescue operations are continuing. At the moment, retrieved 36 bodies”, — quotes TV channel the ISPR statement. It is also reported that the rescue operation involved 500 military.

the Plane with 47 people on Board crashed near the city of Havelian in Pakistan. Published in mass media the list of passengers includes 42 man – 31 man, nine women and two children. According to media reports, at least three of them were foreigners. Their citizenship is not specified. A spokesman for the Pakistani civil aviation, confirming earlier RIA Novosti the plane crash, refused to clarify whether on Board the foreigners.

As stated to RIA Novosti by telephone representative of the Pakistani civil aviation authority (PCAA), the survivors of the crash, probably not. He did not comment on possible causes of the incident, stating that it will be set to the result of the investigation. At the same time, the Pakistani media, citing the head of the PCAA Muhammad Irfan Ilahi reported that the cause of the crash probably was the fault of the airplane engine – problems with the power unit liner was known before. In turn, the company PIA claimed that the aircraft ATR-42, used 10 years, was in good condition.

national weather service emergency response reports that the search operation involved helicopters. Service of the national database and registration requested to send a group of experts to identify the bodies on biometrics. Earlier it was reported that at the crash site caught fire, the bodies were badly burned and are not subject to visual identification.

the Airliner took off from Chitral city at 15.30 local time (13.30 GMT) and was supposed to land in Islamabad at 16.40 (14.40 GMT).

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