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PIA plane crash survivor discharged from hospital

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Mohammad Zubair had suffered burns but was in a stable condition.

KARACHI (Dunya News) - One of the two survivors of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Plane crash has been discharged from the Burns Centre of Civil Hospital Karachi today (Sunday).

The good news was confirmed by Sindh government spokesperson Murtaza Wahab.

Twenty-four-year-old Mohammad Zubair on Saturday recounted how he heard "children crying" as he tried to climb through the debris of the crashed Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) jetliner.

"After it hit and I regained conciousness, I saw fire everywhere and no one was visible," Mohammad Zubair, 24, said from his hospital bed in a video clip circulated on social media.

"There were cries of children, adults and elderly. The cries were everywhere and everybody was trying to survive. I undid my seat belt and I saw some light and tried to walk towards it. Then I jumped out."

Zubair had suffered burns but was in a stable condition, a health ministry official said.

The airline named the other survivor as the president of the Bank of Punjab, Zafar Masud.

The health ministry for Sindh province, where the southern port city of Karachi is located, on Saturday confirmed that all 97 bodies recovered from the crash site had been on the plane.

At least 34 had been identified so far, while DNA testing was being carried out at the University of Karachi to help name the rest of the victims.

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A PIA spokesperson said air traffic control lost contact with the plane travelling from Lahore to Karachi just after 2:30 pm (0930 GMT).

The pilot made a desperate mayday call after announcing "we have lost engines", according to an audio recording confirmed by the airline.

with inputs from AFP

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