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| Pakistan plane crash kills all 152 on board
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7/28/2010
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A passenger jet that officials suspect veered off course in monsoon rains and thick clouds crashed into hills overlooking Pakistans capital Wednesday, killing all 152 people on board and scattering body parts and twisted metal far and wide.
"Dead bodies are lying all around," Bin Yameen, a senior Islamabad police official, told Reuters.
The plane left the southern city of Karachi at 7:45 a.m. for a two-hour flight to Islamabad and was trying to land when it lost contact with the control tower, said Pervez George, a civil aviation official. Airblue is a private airline based in Karachi, Pakistans largest city.
The aircraft, an Airbus A321, crashed some 15 kilometers from the airport, scorching a wide stretch of the Margalla Hills, including a section behind Faisal Mosque, one of Islamabads most prominent landmarks. Twisted metal wreckage hung from trees and lay scattered across the ground. Smoke rose from the scene as helicopters hovered.
Source:http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38441455/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia/
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