Pakistani rescue workers and local residents search the site of a plane crash in Rawalpindi on Friday. — AFP photo
Up to 130 people are feared dead after a Boeing 737 crashed while trying to land in bad weather near the Pakistani capital Islamabad on Friday, officials said.
The Bhoja airline flight from Karachi came down outside Islamabad’s international airport, police official Fazle Akbar said, adding that emergency teams have been sent to the site.
‘There is no chance of any survivors. It will be only a miracle. The plane is totally destroyed,’ he said from the crash site.
There were conflicting reports about how many people were on board the plane.
The Bhoja airline flight from Karachi came down outside Islamabad’s international airport, police official Fazle Akbar said, adding that emergency teams have been sent to the site.
‘There is no chance of any survivors. It will be only a miracle. The plane is totally destroyed,’ he said from the crash site.
There were conflicting reports about how many people were on board the plane.