Plane carrying 152 crashes in Pakistan; 5 dead
MUNIR AHMED/AP
That toll is likely to rise significantly.
The Airblue passenger jet that crashed into the Margalla Hills surrounding Pakistan's capital, Islamabad, was carrying 152 people. Rescuers were trying to reach the scene amid rain and difficult roads Wednesday morning.
Imtiaz Inayat Ali, chairman of Capital Development Authority, said the forestry guards were trying to find survivors but that they had seen five bodies so far.
Posted on:July 28, 2010, 12:55 am
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