The flight crew radioed that they had an engine problem and that they were descending. A Mayday call followed before contact was lost.
A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) ATR 42-500, en route from Chitral to Islamabad, crashed on a hillside after it lost radio contact on Wednesday, killing all 42 passengers, five crew and an engineer onboard.
The flight crew radioed that they had an engine problem and that they were descending. A Mayday call followed before contact was lost.
ATR said in a statement it “regrets to acknowledge the loss of an ATR 42-500 operated by Pakistan International Airlines”.