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Newshour: 22/05/2020 20:06 GMT: Pakistan: Dozens die as jet crashes into homes

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22/05/2020 20:06 GMT

22/05/2020 20:06 GMT: Pakistan: Dozens die as jet crashes into homes

Pakistan: Dozens die as jet crashes into homes

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A plane carrying 99 people has crashed in a residential area in the city of Karachi

A Pakistani passenger plane carrying 99 people has crashed into a residential area in the city of Karachi. The plane had attempted one landing at the city's Jinnah International Airport, but as it went round again and issued a mayday call.

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(Image: Rescue workers search for the bodies or survivors amid wreckage of the crashed passenger plane of sPakistan International Airlines. Credit: EPA/Shazaib Akber)

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