PLANE WITH 152 ON BOARD CRASHES IN PAKISTAN
Baku, July 28 (AZERTAC). A Pakistani passenger plane, with 152 people on board, crashed on the outskirts of the capital Islamabad on Wednesday.
So far, 10 bodies have been recovered from the crash site, said Imtiaz Inayat Elahi, a senior government official.
Also, six people have been found alive, he said.
The Airblue plane was headed to Islamabad from the sea port city of Karachi when it crashed in a hillside while trying to land, said Pervez George, a spokesman for the country`s civil aviation authority.
The Airbus was carrying 146 passengers and six crew members, George said.
Four rescue helicopters were on the scene, assisting with rescue efforts. The Margalla Hills are a series of small hills north of Islamabad.
Officials do not know if weather played a factor in the crash. Pakistan is in the midst of the annual monsoon season, when rain sweeps across the subcontinent from June till September.
Airblue, a private airline company, offers flights within Pakistan, as well as to the United Arab Emirates, Oman and the United Kingdom. It makes a fuel stop in Turkey when it is flying from Manchester, England.
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