PIA Crash: All On Board Including Ex-Rocker Junaid Jamshed Killed

PIA aircraft ATR-42 disintegrated into pieces killing 42 people and five crew members.

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight PK 661 disintegrated into pieces killing 42 people and five crew members. (Photo: altered by The Quint)

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) aircraft ATR-42 disintegrates into pieces killing 42 people and five crew members.

Famous Pakistani singer and fashion designer-turned-Islamic preacher Junaid Jamshed was on board the ill-fated Islamabad-bound flight that crashed in Abbottabad district on Wednesday. His presence on the flight along with 46 others was confirmed by his brother.

The aircraft was on the flight path to Islamabad from the picturesque Chitral went off radar near Havelian, a hilly region in Abbottabad at 4:30 pm.

The PIA has recovered the blackbox from crash site but cause of crash remained unknown.

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