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17 killed after Pakistan army aircraft crashes in a residential area in Rawalpindi

A massive fire broke out in suburbs of Mora Kalu village and destroyed five to six houses after the crash.

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Islamabad: At least 17 people, including two pilots and three military personnel, were killed and 12 others injured when a Pakistan Army aviation aircraft on a routine training flight crashed in a residential area in the garrison city of Rawalpindi early on Tuesday.

The plane crashed in the suburbs of Mora Kalu village, killing 12 civilians and five crew members and destroying five to six houses, the Pakistan Army said.

It said that all five crew members, including two pilots, were killed and 12 others were injured in the accident.

District commissioner Rawalpindi Ali Randhawa told the media that the incident occurred between 2:30 to 2:40 am when a small military plane which was on a training mission crashed in Rawalpindi.

The dead and injured were shifted to various hospitals of Rawalpindi, where paramedics said most of the victims were badly burnt.

Radio Pakistan also repoted that 17 people were killed in the accident.

The cause of the crash is yet to be ascertained and the rescue operation was completed by the morning, the authorities said.


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The village where the plane crashed is located close to the posh area of Bahria Town. Soon after the crash, a massive fire broke out that engulfed several houses in the locality.

Some of the locals have also uploaded pictures of the burning houses on social media.

Pakistan has a poor air safety track record, with plane and helicopter crashes occurring frequently over the years.

In 2016, a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane carrying 48 people, including famous pop singer-turned-Islamic preacher Junaid Jamshed, his wife and Deputy Commissioner Chitral Osama Warraich, crashed and burst into flames in a hilly area near Abbottabad after facing engine problems.

In 2012, a Bhoja Airline plane, a Boeing 737 carrying 121 passengers and six crew members, crashed near Islamabad just just before touchdown.

The worst aviation tragedy on Pakistani soil came in July 2010 when an Airbus 321 passenger jet operated by the private airline Airblue crashed into hills overlooking Islamabad. The flight was coming from Karachi.

All 152 people on board were killed in the accident, which occurred amid heavy rain and poor visibility.

Another deadly civilian plane crash involving a Pakistani jet occurred in 1992 when a PIA Airbus A300 crashed into a cloud-covered hillside on its approach to the Nepalese capital Kathmandu, killing 167 people.


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  1. According to newspaper reports , a Pakistani military aircraft crashed into residential area of Rawalpindi city on 30 July 2019 , killing 18 persons and injuring over a dozen. In this context , it may be apt to refer readers to this Vedic astrology writer’s predictive alerts through article – “ World trends in April to August 2019” – brought to public domain widely in March and subsequently on 5 April 2019. The alert had indicated that a period of four and a half months from mid- April to August , particularly June and around , in present year 2019 may call for more care and appropriate strategy in relation to the following in , among some other specified countries , Pakistan also . Later , on a review analysis of impacts or energies likely to be generated by planetary movements during 2019 had disclosed that the said concern could reach out to as far as mid –October , while 7 August to 9 October ( 28-29 September) in 2019 look to be particular , covering a variety of aspects of life having following as well :-
    “ 2. Aviation sector , both military and civil , look to be having worrisome concerns.” It seems the alert was meaningful.

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