There were forty-two passengers (including two sky marshals and one aircraft engineer) and five crew aboard the aircraft, an ATR 42-500 operated by Pakistan International Airlines.All 47 people on board died, including singer-turned-preacher and entrepreneur Junaid Jamshed, and the Deputy Commissioner of the District of Chitral. The flight manifest showed that there were five flight crew (the capt
ain, first officer and a trainee pilot; and two flight attendants) and forty-two passengers (forty adults and two infants) on board the aircraft.[4] Forty-four were Pakistani citizens; and the others were two Austrians and one Chinese.[3][16][17] The dead included Pakistani singer-turned-preacher Junaid Jamshed who was travelling with his wife Nayha Junaid;[18] a member of Chitral's traditional royal family, his wife and family; and a Deputy Commissioner for Chitral District, Osama Ahmed Warraich, his wife and infant daughter.[3][17][19] Two sky marshals and one Aircraft Maintenance Engineer were also among the passengers.[5] The captain was reported to be an experienced pilot with over 12,000 flight hours during his career.[11] He was also a type-rated instructor for ATR aircraft.
