“No survivors” in Pakistan plane crash

Rescue workers have found no survivors from a passenger plane that crashed on near the Pakistani capital of Islamabad on Friday, a police official said.

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Rescue workers have found no survivors from a passenger plane that crashed on near the Pakistani capital of Islamabad on Friday, a police official said. There were 121 passengers and six crew members on board the Bhoja Air flight from Karachi. “No survivors” in Pakistan plane crash "There is no chance of any survivors. It will be only a miracle. The plane is totally destroyed," al Jazeera television cited Fazle Akbar as saying. The Boeing 737 crashed in bad weather as it came in to land in Islamabad international airport. So far,110 bodies have been recovered from the scene of the crash, Brigadier Sarfraz Ali, who is coordinating recovery work, told reporters. "We cannot identify them because some of the bodies are not recognizable," he said. The plane's cockpit flight recorder has been found. Distraught relatives and friends of the victims have been gathering at airports in Karachi and Islamabad. Interior Minister Rehman Malik said Farooq Bhoja, head of Bhoja Air, has been barred from leaving the country, and that an investigation has been launched into the incident. "The causes will be investigated, whether it was any fault in the aircraft, it was lightning, the bad weather or any other factor that caused loss of precious lives," he said. Bhoja Air is a small commercial airline which was started in 1993 but grounded in 2000 because of financial difficulties. It recently re-opened. Pakistan's worst-ever aviation disaster came in July 2010 when an Airbus 321 came down in hills near Islamabad as it was about to land, killing all 152 people on board. Ria novosti

“No survivors” in Pakistan plane crash

"There is no chance of any survivors. It will be only a miracle. The plane is totally destroyed," al Jazeera television cited Fazle Akbar as saying.

The Boeing 737 crashed in bad weather as it came in to land in Islamabad international airport.

So far,110 bodies have been recovered from the scene of the crash, Brigadier Sarfraz Ali, who is coordinating recovery work, told reporters.

"We cannot identify them because some of the bodies are not recognizable," he said.

The plane's cockpit flight recorder has been found.

Distraught relatives and friends of the victims have been gathering at airports in Karachi and Islamabad.

Interior Minister Rehman Malik said Farooq Bhoja, head of Bhoja Air, has been barred from leaving the country, and that an investigation has been launched into the incident.

"The causes will be investigated, whether it was any fault in the aircraft, it was lightning, the bad weather or any other factor that caused loss of precious lives," he said.

Bhoja Air is a small commercial airline which was started in 1993 but grounded in 2000 because of financial difficulties. It recently re-opened.

Pakistan's worst-ever aviation disaster came in July 2010 when an Airbus 321 came down in hills near Islamabad as it was about to land, killing all 152 people on board.

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