Aircraft crashes near Islamabad airport: reports

A CIVILIAN plane has crashed in bad weather near the capital Islamabad in northern Pakistan.
The aircraft was a Boeing 737 belonging to the Pakistani airline Bhoja Air,


GEO News reported that 127 passengers were onboard the aircraft at the time of the crash.


The plane had flown from Karachi, and was due to land in Islamabad at 6:40pm local time.


Rescue teams were en route to the crash site, located near the Pakistan Air Force base Chaklala.


There were 127 passengers on board the plane and the aircraft made last contact with the air traffic control at 6:40 pm on Friday evening.
According to the reports, the plane crashed near Rawalpindi Airport. The ATC had given landing clearance to the plane.


Some media reports said it may have been a helicopter, while one said it was a commercial airliner. Civil aviation officials were not immediately available for comment.
Pakistani aviation officials were not immediately available for comment.