Cargo plane crashes in Karachi

28/11/2010| IslamWeb

A cargo plane has crashed in a residential area in Karachi, Pakistan's biggest city, killing all eight crew members on board, the civil aviation authority says.

The Ilyushin IL-76 aircraft had been bound for the Sudanese capital Khartoum, Pervez George, the civil aviation authority spokesman said on Sunday.

George said that the plane went down soon after taking off from Karachi airport, crashing into a building under construction at a navy housing complex.

At least one person on the ground was injured.

Around 20 houses were damaged or destroyed, though most were under construction and believed to be unoccupied, locals said.

It was the third plane accident in four months in Pakistan

On November 5, a small plane chartered to an international oil company crashed after taking off from Karachi airport, killing all 21 people on board.

A Pakistani passenger plane crashed in heavy rain near Islamabad in July, killing all 152 on board, Pakistan's worst aviation accident.

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Pakistani firefighters extinguish fire caused by a cargo plane that crashed seconds after taking off from the Karachi's airport.

Al-Jazeera