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About 40 people feared dead in Pakistan plane crash

The Pakistan International Airlines plane crashed at 1642 local time (1142 GMT) in the Havelian area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, about 125 km (77 miles) north of Islamabad. 

A plane carying about 40 people crashed on the slope of a mountain in northern Pakistan on Wednesday, with witnesses on the crash site saying there were unlikely to be any survivors.

The military said 21 bodies had been recovered and rescue efforts continued.

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