As per report five crew members and 13 civilians were among the dead, rescue services said “The aircraft was on a training flight when it crashed and set off a fire across several homes. One witness said the plane was ablaze before the crash”. Furthermore the King Air 350 turboprop reportedly took a steep turn near its destination airport before coming down. Rawalpindi, near the capital Islamabad, is the site of the Pakistani army's headquarters, and the plane belonged to the Pakistani Army's aviation unit.

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Meanwhile according to a tweet sent by the Pakistani government pakistan's Prime Minister imran khan offered his condolences and wished a "quick recovery for the injured". Reportedly witnesses at the scene said the aircraft crashed into a family home in a residential area around 02:00 local time (07:00 GMT). Resident Ghulam Khan said "I was awake when the plane flew over my room and it was already on fire in the air, and the sound was so scary, it was only a small plane. It then fell on a house where a family used to live." 



Moreover several injured were rushed to hospital, pakistan's emergency rescue services said. The bodies of the dead were taken away to be identified. Farooq Butt, a spokesman for the rescue services said "All the bodies are badly burned, so DNA tests are required for identification”.


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