No survivors, as Airblue flight crash kills 152
ISLAMABAD, (SANA): A private plane ‘Air Blue’ flight from Karachi to Islamabad, carrying 152 people came down in Margalla Hills Wednesday after losing contact with the control tower of Islamabad airport, killing all the passengers onboard, officials said.
It is worth mentioning that Interior Minister Rehman Malik early claimed that five injured were rescued from wreckages of the plane, however later on he changed his statement and conformed that not a single passenger survived in the heartbreaking incident.
None of the passenger were found alive as the rescuers have retrieved 80 dead bodies from the wreckage of the airliner at Daman-e-Koh and have been shifted to PIMS hospital, said rescue sources.
Airport sources said the flight of Air Blue ED-202 flew from Karachi at 7:50am and scheduled to land at Benazir Bhutto Airport of Islamabad but crashed due to uneven weather a few minutes before landing after loosing connection with control tower.
“There were 146 passengers and six crewmen on board, we are gathering investigation of the incident”, said Civil Aviation spokesman Pervez George.
The body parts of the 80 deceased people were recovered by the rescue workers from the wreckage and sent to nearby hospitals, said Imtiaz Elahi, Chairman Capital Development Authority (CDA).
Eyewitnesses said people noticed airbus flying at very low altitude near Daman-e-Koh this morning and have crashed due to rough weather. “It was raining. I saw the plane flying very low from the window of my office,” witness Ibrar Hussain said.
After reaching the incident information rescue teams were rushed to the spot however the workers faces difficulties due to bad weather. The workers were making their way on foot to the crash site with some difficulty. Three army aviation helicopters were also took part in rescue operation.
An emergency has been imposed in all hospitals of Islamabad and Rawalpindi.
President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani expressing grief over this tragic incident, ordered the authorities to control fire immediately.
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