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Pakistan Expects to Wrap Up Probe of Karachi Plane Crash in 3 Months, Aviation Minister Says

NEW DELHI (Sputnik) - The Pakistani authorities plan to finish an investigation into the recent plane crash in three months, Aviation Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan said during a press conference on Saturday.
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"We will try to fill the report on the investigation of the Pakistan International Airlines plane within three months", Khan said.

He added that Pakistan would pay approximately $6,200 to the families of victims as well as $3,100 to the two survivors. Those who had their property damaged by the crash will be compensated as well.

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The plane's flight data recorders are said to have been discovered and passed to the manufacturer, Airbus, for deciphering.

On 22 May, a Pakistan International Airlines passenger jet with 99 people on board crashed into a crowded neighbourhood near the southern Pakistani city of Karachi. One two people survived the incident.

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