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The aircraft left [[Chitral Airport]] at 15:30 [[Pakistan Standard Time|PST]] and was expected to land at [[Benazir Bhutto International Airport]], Islamabad at around 16:40.<ref name=dawn/> Before the crash, the crew issued a mayday call.<ref name="thenews">{{citeweb|title=PIA plane crashes near Abbottabad, all passengers feared dead|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/170426-PIA-plane-crashed-near-Abbottabad|publisher=[[The News International]]|accessdate=7 December 2016|date=|website=|last=|first=}}</ref> The aircraft crashed 60 minutes after taking off,<ref name=bbc/> leaving wreckage ablaze on the side of a hill. Eyewitnesses reported that the aircraft was on fire before it hit the ground.<ref name=reuters/> Civilian and [[Pakistan Army]] personnel and helicopters were sent to the area for search and rescue operations. A government official stated that all bodies were burned beyond recognition and the debris was scattered.<ref name=dawn/> |
The aircraft left [[Chitral Airport]] at 15:30 [[Pakistan Standard Time|PST]] and was expected to land at [[Benazir Bhutto International Airport]], Islamabad at around 16:40.<ref name=dawn/> Before the crash, the crew issued a mayday call.<ref name="thenews">{{citeweb|title=PIA plane crashes near Abbottabad, all passengers feared dead|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/170426-PIA-plane-crashed-near-Abbottabad|publisher=[[The News International]]|accessdate=7 December 2016|date=|website=|last=|first=}}</ref> The aircraft crashed 60 minutes after taking off,<ref name=bbc/> leaving wreckage ablaze on the side of a hill. Eyewitnesses reported that the aircraft was on fire before it hit the ground.<ref name=reuters/> Civilian and [[Pakistan Army]] personnel and helicopters were sent to the area for search and rescue operations. A government official stated that all bodies were burned beyond recognition and the debris was scattered.<ref name=dawn/> |
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The accident was the tenth [[hull loss]] sustained by PIA since 2000. Of the ten, one was due to weather damage and two were due to [[2014 Jinnah International Airport attack|terrorism]].<ref name=Flight432228>{{cite web |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/atr-crash-is-pias-tenth-hull-loss-since-2000-432228/ |title=ATR crash is PIA's tenth hull loss since 2000 |first=Greg |last=Davies |publisher=Flightglobal |work=Fligh |accessdate=8 December 2016}}</ref> |
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==Passengers and crew== |
==Passengers and crew== |
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Revision as of 11:17, 8 December 2016
 | This article documents a current event. Information may change rapidly as the event progresses, and initial news reports may be unreliable. The latest updates to this article may not reflect the most current information. (December 2016) |
 AP-BHO, the aircraft involved in the accident, photographed at Quetta International Airport in 2011 | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 7 December 2016 |
| Summary | Crashed; under investigation |
| Site | Havelian, Pakistan |
| Aircraft type | ATR 42-500 |
| Aircraft name | Hasanabdal |
| Operator | Pakistan International Airlines |
| Registration | AP-BHO |
| Flight origin | Chitral Airport, Chitral |
| Destination | Benazir Bhutto International Airport, Islamabad |
| Passengers | 42[1] |
| Crew | 5[1] |
| Fatalities | 47 (all)[2] |
| Survivors | 0 |
PIA Flight 661 (PK661/PIA661), operated by Pakistan's flag carrier Pakistan International Airlines, was a domestic passenger flight from Chitral to Islamabad. On 7 December 2016, the aircraft operating the flight, an ATR 42-500 registered as AP-BHO, crashed in Havelian while en route to Islamabad.[3][4][5] Official sources state there were 42 passengers including two air marshalls[6] and five crew aboard the aircraft.[1] All 47 people on board were killed, including singer-turned-preacher and entrepreneur Junaid Jamshed,[7] and the Deputy Commissioner of the District of Chirtral.[2]
Aircraft information and history
The aircraft involved in the accident was an ATR 42-500, serial number 663, registration AP-BHO.[8] It had its first flight in 2007 and was delivered new to Pakistan International Airlines. In 2009, the aircraft was damaged during a landing attempt at Lahore. It was subsequently repaired and returned to service.[9]
Crash
The aircraft left Chitral Airport at 15:30 PST and was expected to land at Benazir Bhutto International Airport, Islamabad at around 16:40.[5] Before the crash, the crew issued a mayday call.[10] The aircraft crashed 60 minutes after taking off,[3] leaving wreckage ablaze on the side of a hill. Eyewitnesses reported that the aircraft was on fire before it hit the ground.[4] Civilian and Pakistan Army personnel and helicopters were sent to the area for search and rescue operations. A government official stated that all bodies were burned beyond recognition and the debris was scattered.[5]
The accident was the tenth hull loss sustained by PIA since 2000. Of the ten, one was due to weather damage and two were due to terrorism.[11]
Passengers and crew
The flight manifest showed that there were five flight crew (Captain, First Officer, Trainee Pilot, 2 Air hostesses), 42 passengers (Male:31, Female:9, Infant:2) on board the aircraft.[1] Forty-five were Pakistani citizens, the others were two Austrians and a Chinese.[5][12] Among the passengers was Pakistani singer-turned-preacher Junaid Jamshed who was travelling with his wife, Nahya Junaid.[5][13] It has also been confirmed that the Deputy Commissioner for Chitral District, Osama Ahmed Warraich, was a passenger.[12] Among the passengers were two air marshals.[14]
| Nationality | Fatalities | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Passengers | Crew | ||
 Pakistani
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39 | 5 | 44 |
 Austrian
|
2 | 0 | 2 |
 Chinese
|
1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 42 | 5 | 47 |
Investigation
The Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority is responsible for investigating civil aviation accidents in Pakistan.
References
- ^ a b c d "Flight PK661 Incident" (Press release). Pakistan International Airlines. 7 December 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
42 (Male:31, Female:09, Infant:02) Including 02 Austrians and 01 Chinese
- ^ a b "PIA plane crash: All 47 on board killed; Pakistani pop star among victims". CNN. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
- ^ a b "Pakistan International Airways flight 'crashes in north'". BBC News. 7 December 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
- ^ a b "Pakistani plane with more than 40 people aboard crashes in north: police". Reuters. 7 December 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
- ^ a b c d e "PIA flight #PK661 crashes, 'bodies burned beyond recognition'". RT. 7 December 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
- ^ "Air Marshalls". Retrieved 7 December 2016.
- ^ "PIA Crash: All 47 Aboard Reported Dead, Blackbox Recovered". 8 December 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
- ^ Hradecky, Simon (7 December 2016). "Crash: PIA AT42 near Abbottabad on Dec 7th 2016, engine problems". The Aviation Herald. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
- ^ "ATR 42/72 – MSN 663 – AP-BHO". Airfleets. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
- ^ "PIA plane crashes near Abbottabad, all passengers feared dead". The News International. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
- ^ Davies, Greg. "ATR crash is PIA's tenth hull loss since 2000". Fligh. Flightglobal. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
{{cite web}}: zero width space character in|title=at position 1 (help) - ^ a b "Passenger list of crashed PIA flight PK-661". Dawn. 7 December 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
- ^ "Shock and horror as Junaid Jamshed dies in PIA's crashed flight to Islamabad". Dawn. 7 December 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
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