Pakistan plane crash victims mourned

ISLAMABAD. April 21. KAZINFORM  Pakistan has begun mourning the victims of a plane crash in a residential area near Islamabad international airport.

All 127 people on board the Bhoja Air jet, flight BHO-213 from Karachi to Islamabad, are believed to have died.

Rescue workers suspended their search of the wreckage in the village of Hussain Abad overnight. No casualties have so far been found, Kazinform has learned from BBC.

Officials say the Boeing 737's cockpit flight recorder has been recovered and would be handed to investigators.

The plane, believed to be carrying 121 passengers and six crew, was making its final approach to the airport when the crash happened. There are reports of thunderstorms at the time.

So far, 110 bodies have been recovered, Brigadier Sarfraz Ali, who is co-ordinating recovery work, told reporters.

"We cannot identify them because some of the bodies are not recognisable," he said.

 

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