Search for remains in air crash
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July 31, 2010, Saturday
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ANGUISHED relatives continued to seek remains of loved ones killed in Pakistan's worst plane crash yesterday, some grieving at a hospital collecting bodies and others joining the recovery effort at the hillside crash site laden by heavy rain and mud.
At least two Americans were on the plane, according to the United States Embassy.
In the US, Paulette Kirksey said her godmother, Rosie Ahmed of Gadsden, Alabama, and her husband, Saleem Ahmed, were among the dead. Rosie Ahmed was in Pakistan to arrange for her husband to move to the US, Kirksey said. She said Rosie Ahmed was in her late 50s.
The Airbus A321 plane operated by Pakistani carrier Airblue crashed into hills overlooking Islamabad during stormy weather on Wednesday, killing all 152 people aboard. Aircraft pieces, bodies and belongings were scattered over the heavily forested slopes.
The Airblue plane had been ordered to take an alternative approach to the runway on Wednesday, but had veered off course, the Civil Aviation Authority said. Officials said it had lost contact with the control tower before the crash. Investigators were searching for the "black box" flight recorder amid the wreckage to help establish what happened.
"The fact remains it flew where it should not have done," said Riazul Haq, director general of the agency.
Meanwhile, a bird hit the engine of a Pakistan International Airlines flight preparing to take off from the airport in Karachi yesterday. One engine caught fire.
All the passengers were safely evacuated, airline spokesman Sultan Ahmed said.
He did not know how many people were on the flight.
At least two Americans were on the plane, according to the United States Embassy.
In the US, Paulette Kirksey said her godmother, Rosie Ahmed of Gadsden, Alabama, and her husband, Saleem Ahmed, were among the dead. Rosie Ahmed was in Pakistan to arrange for her husband to move to the US, Kirksey said. She said Rosie Ahmed was in her late 50s.
The Airbus A321 plane operated by Pakistani carrier Airblue crashed into hills overlooking Islamabad during stormy weather on Wednesday, killing all 152 people aboard. Aircraft pieces, bodies and belongings were scattered over the heavily forested slopes.
The Airblue plane had been ordered to take an alternative approach to the runway on Wednesday, but had veered off course, the Civil Aviation Authority said. Officials said it had lost contact with the control tower before the crash. Investigators were searching for the "black box" flight recorder amid the wreckage to help establish what happened.
"The fact remains it flew where it should not have done," said Riazul Haq, director general of the agency.
Meanwhile, a bird hit the engine of a Pakistan International Airlines flight preparing to take off from the airport in Karachi yesterday. One engine caught fire.
All the passengers were safely evacuated, airline spokesman Sultan Ahmed said.
He did not know how many people were on the flight.
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