ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Islamabad said Monday shares pain with Beijing after a China Eastern passenger plane carrying 132 people crashed into a mountain in Southern China.
The crash caused a great fire shortly after losing contact with air traffic control and the fall of thousands of meters in less than three minutes.
Boeing 737-800 flight from city of Kunming to the southern hub of Guangzhou “has lost air contact over Wuzhou ” in Guangxi region on Monday afternoon, according to the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC).
The jet was carrying 123 passengers and nine crew members, according to aviation authorities.
“Deeply saddened by the tragic loss of lives in the passenger plane crash in China “, the prime minister he said while the disaster resulted in an unusually rapid public reaction of Chinese President Xi Jinping, who he said he was “shocked” and ordered an immediate investigation cause.
“We share pain of our Chinese brothers and sisters and we extend our deepest condolences and condolences with the families in mourning, ”Prime Minister Imran Khan said.
China Eastern confirmed that there have been deaths in the crash without providing the number of those killed or provide details on if there were survivors.
“The company expresses its deepest condolences for passengers and crew members who died in the plane crashSaid the airline in a declaration.
The cause of the crash it is “still under investigation”, it added.
Hundreds of Firefighters intervened on the spot in Teng County near the city of Wuzhou, state media reported as villagers from nearby villages rushed help the rescue effort.
