Friday, 20 April 2012

Multiple Casualties Feared As Pakistani Passenger Plane Crashes In Densely Populated Area

 RAWALPINDI, PAKISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- A large passenger plane carrying more than 120 people crashed near Benazir Bhutto International Airport in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi on Friday afternoon, local television stations reported.


Flight 213 of Bhoja Air, a Pakistani airline which launched its first flight last month after ceasing operations in 2000, crashed during bad weather near Benazir Bhutto International Airport, GEO Television reported. It said 127 people were believed to be on board, and rescue teams from both Islamabad and Rawalpindi were responding to the scene.


The report cites Pakistani TV channels.
plane was carrying 127, and crashed near Rawalpindi in Punjab.
BNO reports suggest the downed aircraft was Flight 213 of Bhoja Air. The plane, believed to be a Boeing 737, crashed due to poor weather conditions.
The plane crashed in Chaklala, a densely populated area, and damage on the ground appears to be large. Below is a tweet from Khalid Khan, a journalist from Pakistan


rescue worker telling media he can not count dead bodies on ground, neither number of homes engulfed in flames

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