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No Malaysian casualties in PIA plane tragedy

Bernama
Bernama
07/12/2016
23:11 MYT
No Malaysian casualties in PIA plane tragedy
PIA said the plane lost contact with the control tower en route to the capital, Islamabad, from Chitral in the northern region. - AFP Photo/Rizwan Tabassum
No Malaysians casualties were reported in the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Flight PK-661 crash in northern Pakistan today, according to a Foreign Ministry spokesman.
She said the ministry would continue to monitor the situation.
"Currently, no Malaysians were reported to be involved in that incident," she said when contacted by Bernama tonight.
According to foreign media reports, a plane carying about 40 people crashed on the slope of a mountain in northern Pakistan today.
PIA said the plane lost contact with the control tower en route to the capital, Islamabad, from Chitral in the northern region.
The airline said the plane crashed at 1642 hours local time (1142 GMT) in the Havelian area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, about 125km (77 miles) north of Islamabad. - BERNAMA
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