Plane crashes in Islamabad | Plane crashes in Pakistan | At least 20 killed in passenger plane crash in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD: Rescue workers have recovered the bodies of at least 20 people from the wreckage of an Airblue passenger plane which crashed in the Margalla Hills in Islamabad on Wednesday, an official said.
“So far, rescue people have recovered at least 20 dead bodies,” Ramzan Sajid, a spokesman for Islamabad’s Capital Development Authority (CDA), told Reuters.
At least 157 people were on board the ABQ-202, a civil aviation official said.
The 157 included 151 passengers and six crew members, the official said. To view the passenger list, click here.
Rescue workers arrived at the scene and managed to pull out four injured passengers from under the rubble.
Interior Minister Rehman Malik said five injured people were recovered from the site and were rushed to a hospital for treatment.
Earlier, Imtiaz Inayat, a senior Islamabad municipal official, told a private television channel that up to five bodies had been recovered from the site of the crash.
“Several bodies are lying in the area. Four or five bodies have been taken,” Inayat said.
Separately, Imtiaz Elahi, chairman of the Capital Development Authority, said: We have sent fire engines to the site, so far five dead bodies have been recovered.
The total number of survivors was not immediately known, another local administration official said.
“Rescue teams have reached the area. They are fully equipped. They are scanning the entire area. Those wounded or survivors are being provided assistance and arrangements have been made to take them to hospitals.
“We are trying to get details about the passengers. It’s a big tragedy. It’s really a big tragedy,” he said.
Mubarik Shah, a spokesman for the Civil Aviation Authority, said: We are gathering information. We have no more details.
The plane was flying from Karachi to Islamabad and the exact cause of the crash was not immediately clear.
The aircraft had lost contact with the control tower during the crash which occurred amid thick fog and heavy rainfall in Islamabad.
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