One year on, the families of Karachi plane crash victims are still living through a nightmare

On May 22, 2020, my husband’s parents, Wahida and Fazal Rahmaan, were killed in the Pakistan International Airlines flight PK-8303 crash. We imagine them holding hands in death as they always did in life. Of the two survivors, one was seated in 8F, a mere two rows away from our parents.

To say that our entire family was devastated would be a gross understatement. We have spent the past year feeling gutted, untethered and heartbroken for our own loss and also for the shattered families of the 95 others who perished.

We have come to know and grieve virtually with the others who lost their most beloved in this crash. But we are also angry. Scratch that – we are furious. The crash of PK-8303 was not an inescapable mishap; it is the result of sheer neglect and years of deliberate abandonment of safety principles by the Pakistan International Airlines organisation.

Flight of the #Pakistan International Airlines crashed near the Jinnah International Airport of Karachi.
Flight number 8303 flying from Lahore to Karachi was carrying 90 passengers and and 8 crew members.
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— Mete Sohtaoğlu (@metesohtaoglu) May 22, 2020

Questions still remain

One year later, we are still bereft and without answers. Questions will remain until the findings from an independent and transparent investigation into the PK-8303 crash…

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