From Zeeshan Mirza
KARACHI: A special aircraft carrying four injured Pakistani crew members of MT Honour 25 and the mortal remains of three sailors landed at Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport on Sunday.
Several senior government officials were present at the airport to receive the victims and oversee the arrangements. Among them were Sindh Governor Nihal Hashmi and provincial ministers Saeed Ghani and Syed Nasir Hussain Shah.
The injured crew members — Usman Ghani, Aqeel Khan, Ameen bin Shams and Yasir Khan — along with the mortal remains of Rafiullah Khan, Syed Kashif Umer and Mahmood Ahmad Ansari, were aboard Ethiopian Airlines flight ET 694. The injured Pakistanis later exited Karachi Airport, where
they were welcomed by officials.
Speaking to the media upon his arrival, injured survivor Ameen Bin Shams said, “I feel very good to be back in my homeland.”
Another injured survivor, Aqeel Khan, expressed his happiness at returning home, saying, “I am happy to be back in Pakistan.”
