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| Pakistan International Airways flight 'crashes in north' | |
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| A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight with more than 40 people on board has crashed in the north of the country, local media are reporting. | |
| Flight PK-661 "lost contact with the control tower on its way from Chitral to Islamabad a short while ago", said a statement from the airline. | |
| All resources are being mobilised to locate the aircraft", it added. | |
| A regional police official told Reuters that the plane came down near Hevalian, 70km (43 miles) from Islamabad. | |
| The national carrier has been accused of safety failures in the past, with 44 people dying in the last major crash in 2006. | |
| Its flights were banned by the European Union in 2007 because of concerns over safety. | |
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