Sources at the crash site informed Xinhua that the chance for the survival of the people aboard is very slim and local residents in the Margalla Hills also joined the military and police in the rescue work.
The Pakistani prime minister has ordered the military to conduct an investigation into the accident immediately.
The plane whose flight number is not known yet took off from the Karachi International Airport at about 7:50 a.m. this morning. It was reported that the plane lost the contact with the control tower of the Islamabad airport at about 9:43 a.m. local time before the crash.
Large crowds of relatives and friends planned to receive their loved ones taking the flight at the Islamabad airport were shocked upon hearing the news and were eager to know fate of them.
So far the reason for the crash is not known yet. The black box of the plane has not been found yet. It could be related to bad weather as it was raining heavily in Islamabad when the plane crashed. Many flights coming into Islamabad have been canceled due to bad weather.
The possibility of terrorism can not be ruled out as the terrorist groups in Pakistan have repeatedly threatened to blow airplanes during the last month or so.
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