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Pakistan International Airways flight 'crashes in north' 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. A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight with more than 40 people on board has crashed in the north of the country.
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. Flight PK-661 "lost contact with the control tower on its way from Chitral to Islamabad a short while ago", the airline said in a statement.
All resources are being mobilised to locate the aircraft", it added. A spokesman for the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) told the BBC that the wreckage had not yet been found.
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.
The national carrier has been accused of safety failures in the past, with 44 people dying in the last major crash in 2006. In the last major crash in 2006, 44 people died.
Its flights were banned by the European Union in 2007 because of concerns over safety. The plane came down in the Hevalian area, about 70km (43 miles) north of Islamabad, local media are reporting.
This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. The plane took off from Chitral at around 10:00GMT (15:00 local time), losing contact 90 minutes later, shortly before it was due to arrive at its destination, media report.
If you want to receive Breaking News alerts via email, or on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App then details on how to do so are available on this help page. You can also follow @BBCBreaking on Twitter to get the latest alerts. A famous former pop singer turned Islamic preacher, Junaid Jamshed, and his wife were on the flight's passenger list, according to leading private news channel GEO TV.
The army says it has dispatched troops and helicopters to the location, AP reports.
The EU banned PIA flights from flying to Europe in 2007 over safety concerns.