A Pakistani plane carrying 48 people has crashed in the country’s mountainous north. No survivors were found. The victims include two Austrians and one Chinese.

The Pakistan International Airlines flight PK 661 took off from the northern resort of Chitral, and it was to reach the federal capital Islamabad. 

Photo taken on Dec. 7, 2016, shows a helicopter flying over the site of a plane crash in northwest Pakistan's Havelian. A passenger plane of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) with 48 people onboard crashed in the country's northwest Havelian area on Wednesday, officials said. (Xinhua/Stringer)

43 bodies recovered from site of Pakistan air crash

It took off at 3:30p.m. local time, with 48 passengers on board, including the crew members. And at about 4:30 p.m., it lost its contact with the radars and crashed at Havelian, which is a few miles away from the city of Abbottabad. 

All the 48 passengers were killed in this crash. One of Pakistan’s famous personalities—Junaid Jamshed, who was a pop singer and an Islamic preacher—was also killed. He was accompanying his wife. 

The search operation has been called off because of the dark and the harsh terrain. So far 43 bodies have been recovered, and the operation will continue in the morning.