All 152 dead in Islamabad plane crash

Yaatri · Jul 28, 10, 12:23 am

A passenger aircraft, on its way from Turkey to Islamabad crashed with all 152 aboard dead on Wed Jul 28th.

Major plane crash near Islamabad; 152 feared dead

GUWonder · Jul 28, 10, 1:18 am

May the victims of the Airblue flight between KHI and ISB RIP.

Accident took place during reportedly bad weather conditions, with some survivors found amid dead bodies from the crash.

tom911 · Jul 28, 10, 1:23 am

Any indication what kind of aircraft is involved?

Just found the answer on that:

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The plane, an Airbus A321, was carrying 146 passengers and six crew members, Pervez George, a local civil aviation official, told Dawn television

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/29/wo...er=rss&emc=rss

Klm is Dead - Long Live KLM · Jul 28, 10, 2:23 am

Yes, yet another Airbus crash. This is getting to be quite the epidemic.

ajax · Jul 28, 10, 4:26 am

Very sad. I have been to the Margalla Hills several times and rescuing survivors from up there will take an eternity.

The NYT has an article about this:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/29/wo...ef=global-home

However, some reports say that some may have survived:

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Originally Posted by NY Times

Some local television stations reported five people had survived.

This is the saddest part of all to me:

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The flight contained six members of the Youth Parliament Pakistan, none of whom have been accounted for.

GUWonder · Jul 28, 10, 6:17 am

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Originally Posted by GUWonder

May the victims of the Airblue flight between KHI and ISB RIP.

Accident took place during reportedly bad weather conditions, with some survivors found amid dead bodies from the crash.

It now seems that all the persons on the plane have indeed died.

GUWonder · Jul 28, 10, 6:27 am

Among the dead on board this flight, at least 2 US citizens.

ajax · Jul 28, 10, 7:22 am

Very sad indeed. Having flown this very route on this very airline, this hits rather close to home.

May God rest the souls of the departed.

amrsid · Jul 28, 10, 7:39 am

I was born and raised in Islamabad and have been to Margalla mountains countless times. It was very surprising to hear of a plane taking this route because normally all the planes to ISB take the southern route. The weather must have to had to play a part in this because they had re-routed another flight to LHE just half an hour before this accident. May all who passed away in this tragic accident rest in peace.

ajax · Jul 28, 10, 10:43 am

I believe the plane was circling around the airport whilst waiting for clearance, which might explain the fact that this crash occurred several miles north of the airport.

From some of the eyewitness accounts, it crashed after flying low over the rooftops of houses in northern Islamabad. This would indicate to me that the plane was flying north and was heading up into the mountains when it made impact. Perhaps the plan was that it would eventually turn around and head back down towards the airport. I imagine that much more will be revealed after the inflight recorder is analysed.

Keyser · Jul 29, 10, 4:28 am

very unfortunate....may god give strength to all the affected families....

Yaatri · Jul 30, 10, 2:45 pm

Very sad indeed. My sympathies o those who suffered a loss in this tragedy. Just as an academic comment, if a plane with a few Pakistanis on board, had crashed in Seattle, we would have all kinds of speculations flying about.