The plane vanished after taking off from the Northern Chitral region.
A Pakistan International Airlines ATR-42 aircraft, similar to the one which crashed.
'Rescue teams are reaching the scene of the crash, and then we will know more,' Civil Aviation Authority spokesman Pervez George told Reuters.
There were no immediate details on casualties, but Pakistan's interior ministry has dispatched a team with experts on identifying bodies through DNA tests.
State-run Pakistan Television showed a huge fire rising from the site of the crash.
laiza: Snakes are not immune to their own venom, they could be immune to the venom of other Snakes but not theirs. An example is the King Cobra, the Snake is immune to all venom because it feeds primarily on other Snakes but when two king Cobra fights, the larger one ends up consuming the smaller of which it has to be immobilised by venom. In worse case scenario they both end up dead. There are cases of some very toxic but smaller Snakes crawling out of the belly of a much larger snake after it must have consumed them whole they wait out the poison and bite from within, then crawl out live. Some salamanders too are poisonous, when they end up in the belly of some Snakes or Bull frog, they come out alive after the poison on their outer skin must have killed their host from within. The most venomous snake on the planet is Inland Taipan, found only in Australia and it's not immune to its own poison, in fact a tiger snake which craves other snake as appetite also must first overpower other snakes by injecting a lot of venom before the other has the ability or opportunity to strike. In Africa, we have the longest and fastest venomous snake; the Black Mamba.
I learnt some species, not all snakes are immune to own venom. These type of snakes kind of have their own antivenom built (in) according to a snake venom researcher on quora.
Swallowed snake coming out alive is impossible when it comes to constrictors, Python, Boa, and Anaconda. They crush and squeeze the life out of their prey before swallowing.
Giant pythons, Anaconda are capable of crushing a full grown man.
Ive seen Giant Pythons killing Crocodiles/Alligators, Jaguars, Cougar and so on.
knostbrown01: if they are immune to their venom, why would a snake bite itself to death when attack by group of ants, i have witnessed and heard that on several occassion
priceaction: That was why I congratulated those students especially the lady posing with that black mamba , the other thread. You were 95% close to the grave it was God that saves you. It is not every dead animals you can play with. Immediately I saw the pics, I said these people is writing letter to death. Kudos explorers
Gofwane: honestly. This Explorers is one nairalander i soo much respect, even more than the oga himself. How i wish se.un will start paying him cos the guy is just too on point! No single thread that is not interesting.
55. In 2009, a farm worker in Kenya survived an epic 3-hour battle with a 12-foot python after accidentally stepping on the large snake.
It coiled around the man and carried him into a tree. The man wrapped his shirt over the snake’s mouth to prevent it from swallowing him, and he was finally rescued by police after calling for help on his cell phone.