Six bodies of crash victims flown to Karachi

KARACHI: The bodies of six victims of Bhoja Airline plane crash near Islamabad on Friday evening, were brought to Karachi by Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight PK-301 on Saturday afternoon.

This was stated by the spokesman of the PIA, Syed Sultan Hassan here.
He identified the dead as: Raza Ali Khan, Babu, Abbas Ali, Imran Waheed, Irfan and Tasleem Begum.

Hassan further said that on the directive of President Asif Ali Zardari, the PIA has made free of cost arrangements for airlifting the bodies of the air crash victims.

PIA spokesman said that a Desk has been set up at the Cargo Terminal of Karachi Airport to help the heirs of the victims to collect the bodies.

Arrangements have also been made at the Cargo Complex for the ambulances to take the bodies to the respective places.

Earlier in the day, PIA flew a special flight to Islamabad to take 94 heirs of the air crash victims to Islamabad free of cost. (APP)