Tag: plane crash
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Plane crashes in Nepal with 18 dead, pilot sole survivor
A passenger plane crashed on take-off in Kathmandu on Wednesday, with the pilot rescued from the flaming wreckage but all 18 others aboard killed, police in the Nepali capital told AFP. Nepal has a woeful track record on aviation safety and the Himalayan republic has seen a spate of deadly light plane and helicopter crashes…
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Imran Khan’s plane escapes an accident
A plane carrying Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan escaped an accident. Khan was en route to Gujranwala for his jalsa from Chaklala. Khan was set to travel on a private plane when some technical problem was detected. According to media reports, the former prime minister couldn’t travel because of the weather situation as well.…
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Nepal missing plane found: Rescue recovers 14 bodies
Following the announcement by Nepal’s army that it had located the crash site of the missing plane, rescue workers have so far recovered 14 bodies from the crash site. There were 22 passengers on board. According to a spokesman for the Tribhuvan International Airport in Nepal’s capital Kathmandu, the search for others is continuing. A…
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Deceased pilot’s body found after three days of crash
The dead body of pilot Qazi Ajmal was found three days after his lightweight plane crashed in the coastal town of Balochistan, Kund Malir, reports The Express Tribune. According to the authorities, the licensed pilot took off his gyrocopter from Karachi and it crashed near the coastal area of Balochistan. Qazi died on the spot.…
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Currency worth Rs3 crores was being smuggled on PK8303; discovered in PIA plane’s debris
In a shocking development, local and foreign currency amounting to Rs30 million was allegedly being smuggled in the plane that crashed in a Karachi neighbourhood on May 22, a spokesperson of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has claimed. “Local and foreign currency worth millions of rupees was recovered from the crash site,” said the spokesperson,…
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انصار بھائی کے نام
LISTEN TO THIS ARTICLE: 5 اپریل 2003کی بات ہے، جیو میں میرا پہلا دن تھا۔ ایچ آر ڈپارٹمنٹ سے ابو طالب بھٹو مجھے نیوز روم لے کر گئے اور تھوڑا بہت بتایا کہ کہاں کون سا ڈپارٹمنٹ بیٹھا ہے۔ اور پھر طالب نے مجھے ایک صاحب سے ملوایا اور کہا کہ اب آپ انصار صاحب…