In Pictures: the crash site

Published November 28, 2010

Eight crew members and three persons on ground killed when a Russian cargo plane crashed in Naval residential area of Karachi. The Russian-made plane IL-76 missed several densely populated apartment blocks by a few hundred yards (meters). About 20 houses were damaged or destroyed though most were under construction and believed to be unoccupied, locals said.–AP & Reuters Photos

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