48 feared dead as PIA plane crashes near Abbottabad
07 December, Islamabad
In Pakistan, all 48 people on board a PIA plane were feared dead Wednesday as the aircraft crashed and burst into flames in a hilly area near Pakistan’s Abbottabad after facing engine problems.
According to the army, uptil now 21 dead bodies have been retrieved from the crash site.
The flight initially left from Peshawar for Chitral and was returning to Islamabad from there before it went off the radar.