Pakistani plane crashes after takeoff with 48 people aboard
ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan — A plane belonging to Pakistan’s national carrier crashed and burst into flames on Wednesday with 48 people on board, killing all of them, police and an airline spokesman said.
According to senior police officer Khurram Rasheed, the plane crashed in a village in the district of Abbottabad, 75 kilometers (45 miles) northwest of the capital, Islamabad. The small twin-propeller aircraft was travelling from the city of Chitral to Islamabad when it crashed shortly after takeoff.