Pakistani jet carrying 127 people crashes amid storm near Islamabad; all feared dead
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| Photo courtesy of The Canadian Press |
Emergency workers with flashlights searched the
smouldering wreckage of a passenger jet carrying 127 people that crashed
into a muddy wheat field Friday while trying to land in a violent thunderstorm at Islamabad's main airport.
The government said there appeared to be no survivors in the crash of the Boeing 737-200 near Benazir Bhutto International Airport — the second major air disaster in the Pakistani capital in less than two years.
