Pakistan Airblue plane crashes in forest, 152 killed

ISLAMABAD - A plane belonging Airblue, Pakistan's private airline, crashed in heavy rain and bad weather yesterday (28 / 7). A total of 146 passengers and six crew members were killed in the accident. The incident was the worst aviation accident in Pakistan.
Sufficiently large fireball and thick smoke appeared in the air after the plane crashed in dense jungle area not far from Islamabad. It was seen up to a few districts of location.
''I saw a fireball and smoke a huge time of the accident. Then, large pieces of plane crash hit the hill and scattered in the woods,''said Haji Gul Taj, the police who witnessed the tragedy.
''At that time, the plane flew very low. Then, we suddenly heard a very loud voice,''said Wajih-ur Rehman, a resident of an exclusive settlement in the Margalla hills, the abode of the expatriates and the elite of Pakistan on the outskirts of Islamabad.
Rescue workers found many pieces of bodies and wreckage at the site located in the hills. Television stations showed images of wreckage scattered in the forest. Some of the metal debris lodged in trees. The fire and thick smoke seen rising among the ruins as the helicopter rescue workers passed by.
The officer is rather difficult to dig the ruins because of flames and thick smoke.Although the fire finally extinguished, the evacuation could not run smoothly because of difficult terrain in the middle of dense forests and hills. Pakistani troops have been deployed to assist search and evacuation of casualties.
''I have only found pieces of bodies,''said Adnan Dawar, rescue workers of the Pakistan Red Crescent. Conditions at the accident scene''horrible. We have researched almost all locations, but found no survivors,''he continued.
Other rescue workers, Arshad Javed, recalled similar. ''What we see only pieces of the hands, feet and other body parts. I gathered two heads, two legs and two hands, then put it into a body bag,''he said. We also shouted''to look for survivors. But, no noise replies,''he said.
Police said the wreckage scattered in three directions. ''In addition to the bodies, we found the equipment allegedly as a black box (black box containing the flight recorder, Red). Currently, a number of experts is examining,''said Bani Amin, police chief of Islamabad.
Rescuers have evacuated at least 90 people body parts. Evacuation and search for victims finally stopped yesterday afternoon because of heavy rain never let up.Moreover, the location of the accident can only be reached by helicopter.
So far, unknown cause of the accident. Raheel Ahmed, a spokesman for Airblue, bad weather is expected to trigger the crash. ''There is no technical damage before and when the plane took off,''he said.
Flight 202 left the ED Airport Karachi, southern Pakistan, at 07:45 local time (09:45 GMT), with the aim of Islamabad. Flight is estimated to take about two hours.
The accident happened when Airbus 321 was approaching and about to land at Benazir Bhutto International Airport, Islamabad. The plane lost contact with airport control tower at 09:43 local time (11:43 GMT).
The pilot''had been given instructions and directions to land on runway (runway) I or II,''explained Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik. ''Before landing, the aircraft flew at an altitude of 2600 feet (approximately 792 meters). Without any explanation, the plane suddenly moving at an altitude of 3,000 feet. Maybe the pilot to the runway was blocked,''he continued.
Pakistan ignore the possibility of accident due to acts of terrorism. The government imposed a national holiday and mourning yesterday. Airbus also sent a team to help probe the accident.
In the flight manifest, passenger aircraft, including seven children and two babies. Two citizens of the United States (U.S.) among the dead. Airblue ensure that the citizens of Pakistan to fill most of the passenger plane.
Airblue is one of the most popular airlines in Pakistan. The private company operating since 2004 using the new Airbus A320 aircraft and A321 for domestic and international routes. International route flown by the Dubai, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates), Muscat (Oman), and Manchester (England).
Previously, the airline had only one accident in the tail at Quetta airport in 2008. There were no fatalities at that time.
The last time a plane crash in Pakistan occurred in July 2006. At that time, a Fokker F-27 aircraft owned Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) fell in the wheat fields on the outskirts of Multan, Pakistan in the middle. As many as 45 people were killed.
Previously, the worst airplane accident occurs Pakistan in 1979 and 1992. A PIA-owned jet crashed in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in 1979, killing 156 passengers and crew. While the accident occurred in 1992 Kathmandu, Nepal, killing 167 people.

Before the plane crash Residents Hear Sound Explosion

Merpati Airlines plane crashed on the type MA 60 will land at the airport Kaimana,West Papua. When the fall, local residents had heard a loud noise like an explosion.

According to Bangs, residents around, he heard a plane roar of passing air atapproximately 14:00 CDT. Moments later you hear a loud enough.

"Apparently there are plane crashes," Bangs said when contacted Legal, Saturday(05/07/2011). Bangs added, when the incident Kaimana area was drenched with heavy rain and thick fog.

At least 15 people were killed in the incident plane crash that crashed. Two of themchildren under five years old (toddlers).

Director General of Civil Aviation Ministry of Transport Harry Bakti justify the possible cause of the crash due to bad weather. Because when will land the conditions there in the rain.

"The condition of the rain and the aircraft has not reached the landing and fell 500 meters from the airport, and drowned in the sea," he said when contacted separately.

The plane crashes in Guyana, Torn Two

A plane split in two after failing to land smoothly at the airport capital of Guyana, Georgetown, Saturday, July 30, at 1:32 local time.
Misfortune struck the airline's Boeing 737-800 Caribbean Airlines BW-523 flight that departed from New York, United States.
Although some of the victims suffered minor injuries, none of the 157 passengers and 6 crew were killed.
"It's really magical," explains Director of Caribbean Airlines, George Nicholas, referring to the accident should result in death, as quoted from the pages of the BBC.
Rain blamed as the base of the catastrophe, the thing that supposedly makes the aircraft skidded on the runway Cheddi Jagan International Airport.
Rescuers struggle in the dark in search of the passengers and crew from the wreckage.
A passenger survived expressed strong thump sounded when landing. "Terrible," he said.
Her husband opened the emergency door. Passengers scrambled out.
A witness named Adis Cambridge, 42, recalled that when realized his body had been buried under the bags and people. "I am the second last person who escaped from the rubble," he explained.
Another passenger who came from Philadelphia, USA, Geeta Ramsingh, 41, said that the passengers had cheered when the plane landed. However, the joy did not last long.
"The speed of the aircraft shines as if to take off. So, I sniff the smell the smell of gas. People are shouting blindly," he said.
The chaos was reported had occurred in the airport. "This airport does not seem ready to face such a situation," said one eyewitness.
Caribbean Airlines, whose ownership controlled by the Trinidad and Tobago, has no bad record in operation throughout its history.

Aircraft crashes in Padan

One aircraft crashed during a dragonfly type attractions in Padang, West Sumatra.The plane crashed after attractions in the sky.

According to eyewitnesses, Tya, then there are two planes that do attractions. Bothsmoke. However, a plane piloted by Flight Lieutenant Colonel Saleh Zakaria (56)issued a thicker smoke.

Furthermore, the plane piloted by Zakaria fell on the Road Galaxy, HousingPerumdam, stumps Black, Padang at around 18:00 pm.

"When action swooped upward, both smoke. One thick," said Tya, Thursday, June 24, 2011.

According to him, the engine died while still in the air. Meanwhile, one pesawaatagain managed to land safely.

Condition of the aircraft itself is damaged very badly. While the pilot has beensuccessfully evacuated to Zakaria M Jamil Hospital, Padang.

Falling aircraft cause of an unknown

Air base commander (Danlanud) Tabing, Padang, West Sumatra, GNP Lieutenant Colonel Awang Kurniawan stating the cause of the crash when participants MinangAerosport acrobatics in the air is unknown.


"The plane crashed when aerobatics until now unknown cause. The Air Force andpolice are conducting an investigation," said Danlanud Tabing, Lieutenant ColonelAwang Kurniawan GNP in Padang on Friday (24/06/2011).

According to Awang, it will coordinate with the police to find the cause of the crashwhen acrobatics in the air in the Minang Aerosport Show (MAS).

"Flakes plane that crashed had been evacuated staff, currently located in PadangTabing Air Field," he said.

He added that the crash type "Christien Eagle" with the number N 21 H no cause casualties of society. "Fortunately at the time of the crash participants MAS, the residents are not crossing the street," he said.

"The body of the pilot was still in the morgue RSUP.M.Jamil Padang, to wait for the process of repatriation to the country of Malaysia," he said.

Party officials on Thursday (06/23/2011) night, has been coordinating with theConsulate General (Consul General) of Malaysia in Medan for the repatriation ofmortal remains of the pilot. But do not currently get the information from the Malaysianconsulate in Medan, he said.

He added that it is prepared to support the repatriation process of the pilot's body to the country of Malaysia. All fees due to the incident will be borne entirely from the Air Force, and includes the repatriation of the bodies up to Malaysia, "he said.

"Repatriation of the remains, will use the aircraft type owned CN 35 Air Force, the AirSquadron II, Prime Halim Air Force Base Khusuma," said Awang Kurniaw