Model Colony Karachi is a neighborhood in Karachi, Pakistan,1 that is within Korangi District. It is situated on the outskirts of the city about two miles northeast of Jinnah International Airport, Karachi's international airport.
Plane crash
On May 22, 2020, a Pakistan International Airlines Airbus A320 doing as Flight 8303 crashed in the neighborhood. All but two of the 99 people on board died, including a person on the ground, having 98 fatalities. The engine scraped the runway first, followed by the right engine.2
Notable residents
- Saeed Azad (national cricketer)
- Rashid Latif (national cricketer)
- Saeed Anwar (national cricketer)
- Basit Ali (national cricketer)
- Asim Kamal (national cricketer)
- Mirza Iqbal Baig (Sports journalist / TV anchor)
- Rizwan Malik (cricketer)
- Maham Tariq (national women's cricketer)
- Aasia Ishaque (Secretary Information of APML)
References
References
- Malir Town - Government of Pakistan Archived 2006-02-19 at the Wayback Machine
- Ahmed, Waqas (24 May 2020). "First landing attempt doomed PK8303: officials". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
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