A Izindiza ZasePakistan International (PIA) Ibhanoyi lomgibeli elinabantu abangaphezu kwekhulu abebeligibele lishayisile edolobheni laseKarachi, ePakistan namuhla. Le jet iphahlazeke esifundeni okuhlala kuso iModel Colony, emaphethelweni eKarachi, eduzane naseJinnah International Airport.
Ngokusho kokhulumela i-PIA, i-A320 Airbus ibinabantu abangu-107 futhi ibisendleleni esuka eLahore iya eKarachi. Uchaze ukuthi kunabagibeli abangama-99 namalungu abasebenzi abayisishiyagalombili.
Imeya yaseKarachi ikuqinisekisile ukuthi abekho abasindile kule ndiza eyaphahlazeka. Okwamanje akukacaci ukuthi bangaki abantu abashonile kulabo abathinteke phansi, kodwa abasebenzi bezokutakula bathi babalelwa ku-15-20 abasiziwe ngaphansi kwemfucumfucu, ngokusho kwesiteshi sendawo iGeo.
I-Dawn website yasePakistan ibika ukuthi uNgqongqoshe Wezohulumeni Basekhaya baseSindh uSyed Nasir Hussain Shah useyalele izicishamlilo zedolobha endaweni lapho kwenzeke khona ingozi ukuze ziqale imisebenzi yokutakula. Umbutho wamasosha asePakistan asabela ngokushesha usufikile kule ndawo ukusiza abasebenzi bezokutakula.
Okhulumela i-PIA uthe ukuxhumana nendiza kulahlekile ngo-2: 37 ekuseni, kodwa "kusesekuseni kakhulu ukuthi ungasho" ukuthi yini edale ingozi.
Ngokusho kukaGeo, umphathi we-PIA, u-Air Marshal Arshad Malik ukuqinisekisile ukuthi umshayeli wendiza utshelwe ukuthi yomibili imigwaqo yezindiza esikhumulweni sezindiza iKarachi ikulungele ukuhlala kwakhe, kodwa iphutha elenziwa ubuchwephesha libenze ukuthi azulazule ngaphambi kokuzama ukuhlala phansi .
UNdunankulu wasePakistan u-Imran Khan ubhale ku-twitter amazwi enduduzo emindenini yabashonile wathi kuzoqala "uphenyo ngokushesha" ngale ngozi.
UNgqongqoshe wezangaPhandle u-Shah Mahmood Qureshi uthe kuTwitter uthe "ukhathazeke kakhulu" ngale ngozi "ebihlasimulisayo", kanti uNgqongqoshe Wezamalungelo Abantu uShireen Mazari ubize le ngozi "njengenhlekelele kazwelonke."
Ukuphahlazeka kwenzeka ngemuva kwezinsuku ezimbalwa izindiza zokuhweba ziqale ukusebenza futhi kulandela ukuvalwa kwe-COVID-19 ezweni.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Ngokusho kukaGeo, umphathi we-PIA, u-Air Marshal Arshad Malik ukuqinisekisile ukuthi umshayeli wendiza utshelwe ukuthi yomibili imigwaqo yezindiza esikhumulweni sezindiza iKarachi ikulungele ukuhlala kwakhe, kodwa iphutha elenziwa ubuchwephesha libenze ukuthi azulazule ngaphambi kokuzama ukuhlala phansi .
- It is not yet clear how many fatalities there were among those affected on the ground, but rescue workers said around 15-20 have been helped out from under rubble, according to the local Geo news channel.
- Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said on Twitter that he was“deeply aggrieved” over the“devastating” crash, while the country's Minister for Human Rights Shireen Mazari called the crash a “national tragedy.
