Authorities confirm 97 deaths in PIA plane crash while two survived

Authorities confirm 97 deaths in PIA plane crash while two survived miraculously.

Till the filing of this report, the relevant authorities had established identity of 19 deceased.

Authorities confirm 97 deaths

However, the officials concerned said 97 died in the crash. They included twenty-six women, sixty-eight men and three children.

Sixty-six bodies including twenty female, forty-three male and three children were moved to Jinnah Post Graduate Medical Center.

There, fifty bodies remain unidentified so far.

Thirty-one bodies were taken to Dr. Ruth Pfau Civil Hospital. They included six of women and twenty-five men.

Twenty-eight of them remain unidentified and three identified as that of Major Sheriyar, Lt. Balaj and Syed Danish Shah s/o Syed Ahad Shah.

Following DNA sample collection of the bodies, twenty-one have been shifted to the morgue managed by Chhipa Welfare and other forty-five to Edhi mortuary.

The Karachi administration, PIA and Civil Aviation Authority have announced telephone numbers for the bereaved families of those who died in the tragic plane crash in Karachi.

The numbers are

021-99242284

021-99043766

021-99043833

The numbers of Airport hotels are:

0311-8202494

0334-3795309

0332-2226283

The number of crash site are:

0300-2801833

0322-2380234

CAA establishes helpline to keep update relatives of the passengers on board PK8303

The Civil Aviation Authority has also established a helpline which will remain functional round the clock for keeping updated the family members and relatives of the PK-8303 passengers.

According to a CAA official, the people based in Lahore can approach the facility via telephone number 042-990312153 while the numbers for Karachi are 021-99072385 and 021-99072384.

GTV