Backgrounder: Major plane crashes in recent years
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| Pakistani women mourn their father after his death in a plane crash on the outskirts of Islamabad. A Pakistani airliner carrying up to 152 people crashed in a ball of flames Wednesday into densely wooded hills outside Islamabad amid heavy rain and poor visibility, killing everyone on board.(Xinhua/AFP Photo) |
ISLAMABAD, July 28 (Xinhua)-- All the dead bodies in a plane crash that occurred Wednesday morning in the Margalla hills in the Pakistani capital Islamabad have been recovered, said police, adding about 150 people aboard were killed and no survivors were found in the disaster.
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ISLAMABAD, July 28 (Xinhua)-- The rescue work of a crashed plane in the Margalla hills in the Pakistani capital Islamabad Wednesday morning has been suspended due to the heavy rains, reported local media. Full story
Black box of crashed plane in Islamabad found
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| Location of Margalla Hills in Pakistan's capital Islamabad. (Map Source: Google Maps) |
ISLAMABAD, July 28 (Xinhua) -- The black box of the plane which crashed in the northeast part of the Pakistani capital Islamabad Wednesday morning has been found and is being decoded by the Pakistani air forces, reported local media.
At about 10:00 am local time Wednesday morning, an airbus 320 with flight number ED-202 carrying 152 people including six crew members crashed in the Margalla Hills lying to the northeast part of Islamabad minutes before it was supposed to land at the capital 's airport.Full story
No Chinese or foreigners found on passenger name list in plane crash in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD, July 28 (Xinhua) -- No Chinese or foreigners were found on the passenger name list which was released by the local authorities following a plane crash which took place on Wednesday morning in the Margalla Hills in Pakistan's capital Islamabad, officials with the Airblue airliner told Xinhua in a telephone interview.Full story
List of passengers in plane crash in Islamabad released
ISLAMABAD, July 28 (Xinhua)-- List of the passengers in a plane crash which took place on Wednesday morning in the Margalla Hills in Pakistan's capital Islamabad has been released, so far it is not known how many foreigners were aboard the flight.Full story
Passenger plane crashes in Pakistan's capital, 152 onboard
ISLAMABAD, July 28 (Xinhuanet) -- A passenger plane, 152 passengers onboard, crashed into Margalla Hills in Pakistan's capital Islamabad on Wednesday morning but no immediate casualty report has been received, police sources said.Full story
Pakistani President, PM shocked over air crash in capital
Islamabad, July 28 (Xinhua) -- Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Wednesday expressed their shock and grief over the crash of an aircraft on the Margalla hills in the capital of Islamabad, due to bad weather.Full story
