Chinese FM Wang Yi expresses grief over PIA plane crash
Wang Yi expressed sincere sympathies to the injured and the bereaved families.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has sent a message of condolence to Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi over the crash of a passenger plane in Karachi.
Wang Yi expressed sincere sympathies to the injured and the bereaved families. He said the Chinese people are firmly standing together with the Pakistani people at this sad moment.
On May 22, at least 97 were killed and dozens others wounded after a PIA plane crashed with nearly 100 people on board in Karachi, according to Spokesperson for the Sindh Health Department.
PIA plane was close to landing when it came down among houses, sparking an explosion and killing several people on the ground.
The flight PK-8303 took off from Lahore Allama Iqbal International Airport and crashed in Model Colony area in Malir, approximately 4 kilometers away from the airport.
The crash occurred just days after the country began allowing commercial flights to resume after planes were grounded during a lockdown over the coronavirus pandemic.
