Pakistan crash pilot made Mayday call
A Pakistani aircraft carrying 47 people issued a Mayday call before losing radar contact and crashing into a mountain, killing everyone on board, authorities said, as they began collecting DNA yesterday to identify victims.
The pilot of the ATR-42 turboprop aircraft contacted ground authorities after one engine failed and issued a Mayday call at 4:14 pm, Azam Saigol, the airline's chairman, told a news conference in Islamabad.
It began descending a minute later before disappearing from radar at 4:16 pm.
"This plane was technically sound and was checked in October," he said, adding the captain had flown more than 12,000 hours and the aircraft was nine years old.
"Our focus now is to retrieve all the dead bodies," he added, vowing a full investigation.
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