Death toll from Pakistan airliner crash 97, black box found: authorities


  • World
  • Saturday, 23 May 2020

Family members mourn the death of a relative who was killed in a plane crash, outside a morgue in Karachi, Pakistan May 23, 2020. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro

KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) - The flight data recorder from the Pakistani airliner that crashed into a residential neighbourhood of Karachi has been found, an official said on Saturday, as the death toll rose to 97.

There were two survivors from onboard the aircraft, while no fatalities were reported in the densely populated area of the city where the aircraft crash-landed on Friday.

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