ISLAMABAD, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- The pilot of Pakistan International Airlines Flight PK661 that crashed near Islamabad made a mayday call reporting engine trouble prior to losing contact, the airline's chairman said.
PIA Chairman Muhammad Azam Saigol told reporters the pilot made the call to flight controllers at 4:09 p.m. local time on Wednesday -- shortly before the plane crash that killed all 47 aboard the twin-propeller plane heading from Chitral to Islamabad.