American feared dead in Pakistan plane crash

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A US official says an American was on board the plane that crashed in the Pakistan city of Karachi on Friday.

A Pakistan international airline spokesman said flight PK 8303 took off from Lahore and was due to land at 2:30 PM local time in Karachi.

He said the pilot told air traffic control he had lost engines and made at least one mayday call before the plane went down.

The airliner crashed in a busy residential area near the airport.

The airline CEO says 99 passengers and crew members were on board.

At least 76 bodies have been recovered from the wreckage but investigators are still determining if the bodies were from the plane or from the neighborhood where the plane crashed.

Investigators have not released any details about the now missing American.

A State Department official says they are working with the staff in Pakistan to monitor the situation.

Posted – 5.23.20