PIA flight 661 from Chitral to Islamabad with 42 passengers, 5 crew members and 1 flight engineer onboard has crashed near Havelian, Abbotabad, officials have confirmed.
The PIA flight in question, PK661 was an ATR plane.
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Flight manifest shows that 31 men, 9 women and 2 infants were on-board the flght 661. Junaid Jamshed, 52, along with wife Naheed Jamshed, also were on-board.
Control tower is said to have received a brief distress call before flight 661 went silent, indicating that aircraft underwent some technical challenge.
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PIA661 took off from Chitral at 3:50 and was due to land at Islamabad Airport at or around 4:50. However, while enroute to Benazir Bhuttor International Airport, it crashed at around 4:40 near Havelian, just minutes before it could reach its destination.
PIA spokesperson Daniyal Gilani confirmed the crash.
We regret to inform that there are no survivors of PK-661 that crashed near Havelian this afternoon. pic.twitter.com/Eapc6OMVki
— Digi Fusion (@DigiFusion24) December 7, 2016
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RIP Junaid Jamshed.
Bhai dosray log bhi humarey hum watan thay. Unki janien bhi utni qeemti thien. Aik “RIP” unke liye bhi likh dou.
RIP everyone on board.
Ab khush?
is mai khushi ki kya bat hai.. tauba karo bhai
Beta maut to sab ko ani he. Jo mar gai hain un k liye to be qabr k azaab se chutkaray ki dua hi kro ge na?
Yar agar Tumhain koi achi baat bata raha hai tou tum bajaye usko appreciate karney k aur sharminda hone k, ulti harkatien kar rahey ho. Insan bano bandar na bano. Band karo golathiyaan maarna ab.
Agreed
Kal se bas har jagah JJ chal raha hai baqi to kuch the he nhn, sharam aani chahiye logon ko zara doosron k ghar ka b sochna chahiye par nhn sab ko JJ ki parhi hai
Pia Kia ker rahay aik k bad aik jahaz doob raha hai tumhara….
God help us all .
Pia ko list say Kat daina chahiye
Vital Signs was the 1st ever band i truly followed from heart. I still listen to them sometimes. Truly saddened by today’s news. :(
any survival chance on site?
Zero. :(
this country is cursed and doomed all this nation need is money by any means with non-serious attitude,moral and ethical corruption this nation and country has achieved new heights of shamelessness in every field people die here like flies we are so same shameless that we are still busy in corruption even we are cursed by whole world and there is no chance of betterment RIP Pakistan so called land of pure yet most impure people live here
Waleed Sahab, aur sub baatien tou apni jagah magar humarey jahil log angreezon k itnay ghulam hogaye hain k kisi k marney pe “in’na lillah kehney tak ki toufeeq nahi hoti”. Nam nihad angreez banany k chakar main “RIP” “RIP” kar k apni tehzeeb ka r*ape kar detey hain. Salam hi jaga “hi” khuda hafiz ki jaga “bye” ab kisi k marney tak pe dou alfaaz nahi bolay jatey aur RIP RIP horaha hai country main bas.
Yehi baat mai bhi soch raha tha aap ne keh di bilkul theek kaha aap ne
RIP JJ + aam awam.
First Edhi Then Amjad Sabri And Now Junaid Jamshed
:(
Is that Oreki Houtaro?
Yep
إِنَّا للهِ وَإِنَّـا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعونَ
Pakistan is duly in urgent need of better Domestic Airlines. After Airblue Flight 202 which crashed on 28th July 2010 at Margalla Hills, killing all 146 passengers and six crew on board. It is yet another deadliest air accident to occur in Pakistan to date [7th Dec 2016]. Still what happened with AirBlue was not a mechanical failure, it happened due to a series of bad decisions taken by senior Pilot and final confusions led the plane into the hills.
Mechanical error is a BIG question..! No one can save a plane having engine failure except Allah.
It an extremely sad day for Pak.
But i must commend you guys for your coverage!!!
Amir bhai please be a little more responsible with sources. The so called pilot’s brother sara on twitter is clearly a troll (please check “her” timeline). This is one of thousands of id’s used by pti troll farmers for what they refer to as “trending”.
Inna lillahe wa inna ilehi rajeon….Ya Allah in tamam behno or bhaion ki maghfirat farma, or inke ghar walon ko sabar ata farma. Ameen
What ever will be outcome of this investigation, it will all lead to only one thing. Incompetence of PIA either be staff, engineering or any other governing body of PIA. This is the result of the culture of hiring corrupt and “Sifarshi” people in Pakistan.
STILL MY MIND NOT ACCEPT THAT. JJ IS NOT MORE WITH US… MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PEACE. INNA LILLAH HI WA INNA ILLAHI RAJIOON.