Un Beechcraft 1900C al JS Air, cu 21 persoane la bord s-a prabusit in Pakistan

Titlu: Pakistan plane crash kills 21
Sursa: Telegraph.co.uk
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Data: 05.11.2010

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A small, private plane chartered to an oil company has crashed near the airport in Pakistan's largest city, killing all 21 people on board.
The Beech aircraft belonged to the JS Air company and had just taken off from the southern city of Karachi when the pilot told the control tower that there appeared to be some fault with the engine.

The pilot was ordered to return to the airport, but as he was turning the plane, it went down in an open field, Pervez George, a spokesman for the country's Civil Aviation Authority, said. The plane caught on fire after the crash. TV footage from the scene showed it had broken into pieces, with the tail completely separated from the otherwise charred body.
"The bodies onboard are beyond recognition," said Army Lt. Col. Noor Alam, a lead rescue official.

Aviation officials said the flight was chartered to an oil company and headed to an oil field in the Bhitshah area in southern Sindh province. State-run Pakistan Television said foreigners may have been among the passengers. JS Air spokesman Nadeem Hanif said the plane was capable of carrying 19 passengers and two crew members, and that it had been checked before taking off Friday. JS Air is based in Karachi.

"It was a fit aircraft, which was cleared to fly," Mr Hanif said. "Absolutely, there should not be any ambiguity in anybody's mind that it was fit to carry out operations."

The relatives of the dead were being notified, Mr Hanif said. He declined to mention the oil company's name.

The crash was the second in less than four months in Pakistan. The previous crash, in July, killed 152 people and was the worst-ever on Pakistani soil.