پاکستان کی ایک نجی فضائی کمپنی ایئر بلو کا ایک مسافر بردار طیارہ وفاقی دارالحکومت اسلام آباد کے شمال میں مارگلہ پہاڑیوں پر گر کر تباہ ہوگیا ہے۔Private airliner crashes in Islamabad,159 onboard (GEO News)
Police said it was an Airblue flight to Islamabad via Karachi, with more than 150 people on board.
It crashed in the Margalla Hills to the north of the city, and Pakistani television showed images of smoke and flames on a foggy hillside, with helicopters flying overhead.
A huge rescue effort has been launched. Reports said a number of bodies had been recovered.
The plane, with an estimated 152 people on board, is thought to have left Karachi at 0750 (0350 GMT), and officials said it lost contact with the control tower minutes before landing.
Witness Khadim Hussain told the Reuters news agency: "It was raining. I saw the plane flying very low from the window of my office."
Saqlain Altaf told Pakistan's ARY news channel that he was on a family outing in the hills when he saw the plane, looking unsteady in the air.
"The plane had lost balance, and then we saw it going down," he said, adding he heard the crash.
Mohammed Usman, an official at the Benazir Bhutto International Airport, said dozens of relatives of passengers gathered there were crying and desperate to get information about their loved ones.
The skies in Islamabad have been heavily overcast in the past couple of days.
Initial reports said the flight originated in Turkey, but this has not been confirmed.
A huge rescue effort has been launched. Reports said a number of bodies had been recovered.
The plane, with an estimated 152 people on board, is thought to have left Karachi at 0750 (0350 GMT), and officials said it lost contact with the control tower minutes before landing.
Witness Khadim Hussain told the Reuters news agency: "It was raining. I saw the plane flying very low from the window of my office."
Saqlain Altaf told Pakistan's ARY news channel that he was on a family outing in the hills when he saw the plane, looking unsteady in the air.
"The plane had lost balance, and then we saw it going down," he said, adding he heard the crash.
Mohammed Usman, an official at the Benazir Bhutto International Airport, said dozens of relatives of passengers gathered there were crying and desperate to get information about their loved ones.
The skies in Islamabad have been heavily overcast in the past couple of days.
Initial reports said the flight originated in Turkey, but this has not been confirmed.
Plane crash near Islamabad, 159 on board; eight bodies found (NDTV India)
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