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Reports have it that a Pakistan Airlines flight with more than 40 people on board has crashed in the north of the country – and there is little chance of any survivors.
It is believed that there were 31 men, 9 women and two children on board the flight when it crashed.
Pakistani TV channels had earlier reported that the plane lost contact with ground control and was missing shortly after taking off from the northern city of Chitral.
“All of the bodies are burned beyond recognition. The debris is scattered,” Taj Muhammad Khan, a government official based in the Havelian region, told Reuters.
Khan, who was at the site of the crash, added that witnesses told him “the aircraft has crashed in a mountainous area, and before it hit the ground it was on fire”.