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Charter plane crashes in Karachi, no survivors | At least 20 people were killed when a small privately-owned aircraft crashed soon after taking off from Karachi's Jinnah International Airport on Friday morning. The plane came down near the Central Ordinance Depot (COD)
area of the airport. A spokesman for Pakistan 's Civil Aviation Authority, Pervez
George, said that the aircraft crashed due to a technical fault and at least 12
bodies have been recovered so far. "It was a small plane and there were about
20 people on board. It was a privately-owned aircraft belonging to an oil company,"
the Dawn quoted George, as saying. "Soon after they left, they contacted the airport
control tower and said there was a problem in one of the engines. The plane was
directed to return and soon after it crashed," he added. Rescue teams, police,
airport security force and ambulances were at the accident site for rescue and
relief operations. According to reports, a US company working on an oil field
at Bhit Shah in Sindh had chartered the plane.
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