A jetliner with 98 people on board crashed Friday in a populated area near the airport in
Flight PK-8303 operated by
The plane departed
Shortly before radio contact was lost, the plane's pilot reported to the control tower that he had lost one of the plane's two engines and requested an emergency landing, according to the CAA.
Around six houses in the neighborhood of
Army troops have already reached the crash site for relief and rescue efforts alongside civil authorities, according to the media wing of the armed forces.
==Kyodo
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