No Survivors in Pakistan Plane Crash

Rescue workers search for the bodies amid wreackage of a private AirBlue airliner that crashed in the Margalla hills in Islamabad, Pakistan, 28 July 2010. Photo by EPA/BGNES

A plane has crashed in hills north of the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, killing all 152 people on board.

The plane, an Airblue flight flying from Karachi to Islamabad, came down in the Margalla Hills.

Officials said the plane lost contact with the control tower minutes before landing.

The cause of the crash was not immediately known.

Pakistani TV showed images of smouldering wreckage on a foggy hillside, with helicopters overhead.

A huge rescue effort was launched, and the army sent special troops to help.

Officials said rescuers searching for survivors were digging through the rubble with their bare hands. The crash site, on a steep hill, has no roads.

"The plane is totally destroyed, the pieces and parts scattered over a large distance. Some parts of the plane are still burning. Some bushes have been burnt," said Express 24/7 television journalist Sabur Ali Sayed at the scene.

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