AirBlue jet down in Islamabad

AP-BGL · Post by **AP-BGL** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 5:37 am

Just received a text from my friend in ISB, an Air Blue jet with 165 people on-board crashed in Margalla Hills (Damn-e-Koh)- Islamabad. All passengers feared dead. Any confirmation to this news? I'm trying to contact my another friend who works in Air Blue but his mobile number is still not reachable.

chaklala · Post by **chaklala** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 5:42 am

I am in F-6 at the moment and the craft has gone down between Faisal Mosque and Daman-e-Koh. The hills are shrouded in mist and all you can hear are helicopters.

I did not hear the impact and cannot see any smoke, even from the roof.

Very, very sad day indeed. May God rest the souls of the departed

chaklala · Post by **chaklala** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 5:44 am

chaklala wrote:I am in F-6 at the moment. The hill are shrouded in mist and all you can hear are helicopters.

I did not hear the impact and cannot see any smoke, even from the roof.

Very, very sad day indeed. May God rest the souls of the departed

It is also raining very heavily, and visibility is terrible

PK.786 · Post by **PK.786** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 5:46 am

its ed221 from manchester via turkey
Reports are coming in that a plane has crashed in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad.

Initial information suggests it was flying from Turkey to Islamabad via Karachi with more than 150 people on board.

Pakistani television is showing images of smoke arising from a hillside in the Margalla Hills in poor weather conditions.

A huge rescue effort has been launched. Details are still emerging.

"There were 146 passengers and six crewmen on board. We are gathering information. We have no more details," Mubarik Shah, spokesman of the state-run Civil Aviation Authority, told the Reuters news agency

zainmax · Post by **zainmax** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 5:48 am

A321 ?

fahadpk17 · Post by **fahadpk17** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 5:52 am

ISLAMABAD: A commercial airbus of a private airline has crashed into Margalla Hills, a mountainous range behind Shah Faisal Mosque, apparently due to rough weather, Geo news reported.

According to preliminary reports, as many as 150 passengers including crewmembers were onboard.

Eyewitnesses said people witnessed airbus flying at very low altitude and it might have crashed due to rough weather.

The wreckage can be seen in video footages with fierce fire raging and smoke emitting from there despite heavy rains in Islamabad.

Airport sources said the flight took off at 7:50am from Karachi to Islamabad but crashed due to uneven weather a few minutes before landing after loosing connection with control tower.

source http://www.geo.tv

ammad · Post by **ammad** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 5:52 am

Very Tragic. Its all over the news channel

mhansari · Post by **mhansari** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 5:53 am

According to Geo, CAA has confirmed 146 pax and 6 crew.

pk363 · Post by **pk363** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 5:54 am

ISLAMABAD: A commercial airbus of a private airline has crashed into Margalla Hills, a mountainous range behind Shah Faisal Mosque, apparently due to rough weather, Geo news reported.

According to preliminary reports, as many as 150 passengers including crewmembers were onboard.

Eyewitnesses said people witnessed airbus flying at very low altitude and it might have crashed due to rough weather.

The smoke is seen rising through heavy clouds from the crash site, police and rescue service officials said.

mhansari · Post by **mhansari** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 5:56 am

Aircraft was AP-BJB. According to someone who was in the Airblue office a while back, there are no survivors.

newflyer · Post by **newflyer** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 6:00 am

Indeed a tragic news. Smoke is billowing out of the plane and I can see that it has disintegrated into many pieces. May the soul of the deceased rest in peace. That's the tragedy of air crashes that there are almost always very few survivors. Still hoping that some may survive.

It's raining heavily in Islamabad so wondering why they didn't reroute the plane to PEW or LHE?

Abbas Ali · Post by **Abbas Ali** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 6:02 am

May the departed souls rest in peace

146 passengers + 6 crew members

Karachi to Islamabad flight crashed during landing. The aircraft had departed from Karachi around 7:45AM.

Aircraft type/registration ?

Abbas

zainmax · Post by **zainmax** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 6:04 am

A320 AP-BJB

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=12203

mhansari · Post by **mhansari** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 6:06 am

AP-BJB is A321-231

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Airblue/ ... 8f761a05e99f49

chaklala · Post by **chaklala** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 6:09 am

newflyer wrote:Indeed a tragic news. Smoke is billowing out of the plane and I can see that it has disintegrated into many pieces. May the soul of the deceased rest in peace. That's the tragedy of air crashes that there are almost always very few survivors. Still hoping that some may survive.

It's raining heavily in Islamabad so wondering why they didn't reroute the plane to PEW or LHE?

The weather has cleared and I can see the crash site. The top of the mountain is charred but there is very litte fire

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