巴基斯坦国际航空公司一架客机当地时间22日下午在该国信德省首府卡拉奇坠毁。事故已造成97人遇难，机上2人幸存。
Ninety-seven people were killed and two survived when a passenger plane crashed into homes in Pakistan's southern city of Karachi, health officials said Saturday.

 

The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane had made multiple approaches to land at the city's airport when it came down in a residential¹ area, damaging buildings and sparking a rescue operation that lasted into the night.

 

All passengers and crew had been accounted for and the bodies of those killed had been recovered from the crash site, the Sindh Health Ministry² said, adding that 19 had been identified.

 

A local hospital earlier reported it had received the bodies of people killed on the ground.

 

The site remained cordoned³ off on Saturday morning.

 

The crash sent plumes⁴ of smoke were into the air as rescue workers and residents searched the debris⁵ for people and as firefighters tried to extinguish the flames.

 

An AFP reporter witnessed charred⁶ bodies being loaded into ambulances.

 

PIA said the plane lost contact with air traffic control just after 2:30 pm (0930 GMT) travelling from Lahore to Karachi.

 

The disaster comes as Pakistanis prepare to celebrate the end of Ramadan and the beginning of Eid al-Fitr, with many travelling back to their homes in cities and villages.

               

点击收听单词发音