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Extremely sad news. :(
Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihee raajioon.
If anything, this is yet another reminder for us all that nothing is permanent and this life should be spent preparing for the hereafter, the eternal future which is our final destination. May Allah guide us all, and bless the deceased.
Re: Breaking News: Plane crashes in Islamabad
may GOD bless the departed souls and grant their family patience to bare this loss
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Extremely sad news. :(
Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihee raajioon.
If anything, this is yet another reminder for us all that nothing is permanent and this life should be spent preparing for the hereafter, the eternal future which is our final destination. May Allah guide us all, and bless the deceased.
Ameen.
extremely sad news. :(
Re: Breaking News: Plane crashes in Islamabad
Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihee raajioon
:(:(...... it is too tragic for any words.
Allah reham kare saab peh
Honeymoon couple Owais and Urousa both of whom died in the crash …
A number of families including a newly-married couple of Karachi became the victim of the ill-fated plane that crashed at Margalla Hills, Islamabad. Relatives of the passengers were unable to get any satisfactory answer at the Karachi Airport as soon as they got information about the mayhem.
The airport authorities did not help them. The relatives of the victims rushed to the capital on their own. Imran Khan, brother of Rizwan Khan who died along with four member of his family, told TheNation that airport authorities had not provided travelling facility to the families of victims.
Grief-stricken grandfather Abdul Ghani, 70, holds photographs of his son and his family, all of whom died in the crash.
The ill-fated family of Rizwan Ghani Khan, a resident of Waseem Bagh, Gulshan-e-Iqbal Area, left Karachi to enjoy the last days of their children’s vacation in Islamabad.
Meanwhile, the General Manager of Airblue has said that the crashed plane was fit by all means and it had no technical fault. The GM Airblue while talking to journalists in Karachi added that emergency cells had been established in Karachi and Islamabad. “The family members of the deceased passengers will be taken to Islamabad and they will be accommodated there as well,” he added.
Similarly, four members of a family of FIA Sub-Inspector Rehmatullah Dhonki who had left for Islamabad to enjoy the vacations died in tragic incident. Uncle of the deceased family said that the family resides in Shreen Jinnah Colony and had gone to the Islamabad on vacation and their father had scheduled to join the family within two days.
Mona Dhomki, wife of Rehamatullah, her daughter Mehreen Dhomki, Afshan Dhomki and son Amir Dhomki were among the victims.
It is pertinent to mention here that both the airhostess who died in the incident belonged to Karachi. Shazia Abdul Razaq, a resident of Naveed Bungalows, Gulistan-e-Johar was associated with Airblue from last seven years. Similarly, Ume Habiba, resident of Sector 5, New Karachi joined the airline two years ago.
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Airbus had a crash-landing on July 7 also
The unlucky Airbus, that had made a crash-landing on July 7 because of some technical reasons, crashed at the Margalla Hills on Wednesday.
Sources privy to the matter told TheNation that the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) had constituted an inquiry committee to probe plane crash, keeping in mind the July 7 incident. The five-member committee headed by Air Commodore (r) Abdul Majeed has been directed to submit the report within four weeks.
The CAA sources said the Airbus had some technical faults as it had made an emergency landing at the Islamabad Airport after flying from Karachi on July 7.
According to the sources, the committee has initiated the probe while the correlating cause of both the incidents.
They further said the incident involving the Airblue plane had raised several questions including the appointment of Captain Pervaiz Iqbal Chaudhry, a retired pilot of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA).
One of the sources expressed his surprise that although the pilot of the plane was still in contact with the Islamabad airport’s Air Traffic Control Tower, which had warned him of the imminent danger of crash as the plane was approaching fast to the Margalla Hills but he could not follow the clear instructions.
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Burnt victims, honeymoon agony of crash
Wednesday, 28 Jul, 2010
ISLAMABAD: Charred human flesh and families torn apart were all that was left after Pakistan’s Airblue flight ED 202 from Karachi to Islamabad crashed into a wooded hillside in thick cloud and heavy rain.
No one knows why the Airbus 321 ploughed into the hillside and disintegrated into a gorge in a ball of flames, but the commuter flight ended in carnage at 9:45 am (0445 GMT) and plunged Pakistan into mourning.
“The bodies are charred and disintegrated beyond recognition. Human limbs were stuck in the bush,” rescue official Syed Zahir Shah told AFP.
“Faces of two dead women and an infant were the only pieces I could recognise,” Shah added, after recovering eight bodies on the slippery hillside during at times heavy rain.
Military helicopters could be seen airlifting body bags in slings above the site, where police said wreckage exploded in three different directions.
Thick black smoke and flames licked from blackened wreckage strewn across the wooded hills.
“All we could see were charred hands or feet. I collected two heads, two legs and two hands in a bag,” rescue official Arshad Javed told AFP.
“We shouted if anyone was there alive, but heard no voice,” said Javed.
One honeymoon couple in their 20s had been on board the flight, their dreams of swapping the steamy metropolis of Karachi for a magical holiday in the balmy weather of northern Pakistan brutally crushed.
Business executive Mohammad Ovais, 26, had been overjoyed at the prospect of his honeymoon, his 23-year-old cousin Nadeem Ahmed told AFP.
“Ovais was very happy after his wedding was solemnised early this month and planned to celebrate their honeymoon in Islamabad and the surrounding scenic northern areas,” he said sobbing.
“His parents are in a deep shock. So is rest of the family. The couple was full of life and their loss so soon after the marriage has stunned us all.”
For relatives gathered at Benazir Bhutto International Airport in Islamabad, the heady excitement at greeting loved ones turned to grief and devastation.
Bilal Haider stood in tears, waiting to pick up younger brother Abbas who had gone to Karachi for a job interview at a bank.
“Had we known that this is going to happen, we would had never sent him,” Haider told AFP of his brother, who had just graduated with a Masters in business administration.
“We cannot explain our agony,” said Bilal.
At Islamabad’s main hospital PIMS, relatives chased after ambulances as they slowly brought back bodies recovered in the rain and mist from the Margalla Hills, many still hoping to find the alive, wailing and consoling each other.
Jehanzeb Khan, a labourer from Islamabad’s twin city Rawalpindi, told AFP that five of his relatives had been on the flight, coming up from Karachi to attend his mother’s funeral.
“My mother died last night and my sister-in-law, brother-in-law, niece, nephew and an uncle were coming to attend her funeral,” Khan said.
The family had been taking his mother’s body to Khyber, a tribal district on the border with Afghanistan for burial, when news broke of the crash.
“We sent my mother’s body with a relative to Khyber and came back to Islamabad to find out about our relatives, but there is no information. A huge tragedy has befallen upon our family,” Khan said.
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Yeh Dukh Hamaara Bhi Hai …
Let us read Surat Fatiha for our brothers and sisters who lost their lives in this tragic Airblue Plane Crash …
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On behalf of every single member and the entire team and management of Gupshup;
Hum 28 July 2010 ke fizae hadsay mein jaa-bahaq hone wale afraad ke lawahiqeen se taazzeyyat kartay hain aur is naqaabil-e-talaafi nuqsaan aur ranj mein barabar ke shareek hain …
Dukh ki is ghari mein hamari duayain aur tamaam tar hamdardeyaan aap ke saath hain.
Khuda aap ko is sadmay ko bardasht karne ka hausla ata farmaye … Aameen suma Aameen
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Pressure fault caused crash: CAA official
Updated at: 0927 PST, Thursday, July 29, 2010
ISLAMABAD: A bigwig of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) told media on condition of anonymity that the Airblue plane crashed on Wednesday because of ‘pressure’ fault in the plane. The pressure disc or plate of plane was not working perfectly.
The CAA often warns technical staff of airlines to change pressure discs to boom pressure but technical staff takes this matter non-seriously, he said. He said that weather was not the reason of plane crash because other flights were taking off and landing perfectly. Concerned pilot could not handle the plane with dead pressure and it fell down, he said.
The second reason is that pilot was not used to the route from Karachi to Islamabad. He went from Karachi to Turkey and was handling this route from Karachi to Islamabad perhaps for the first time. There are two ‘black boxes’ of planes.
One black box is for Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and second black box handles the main control room. First black box tells concerned CAA main faults in planes and other technical problems before taking off while the second black box is in continuous contact with control room for getting green signals. Second black box related with Control Room continuously gives green signals by the plane for landing but concerned pilot was circling rather than landing, he said.
Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Deputy Director (General) Air Vice Marshal Riaz-ul-Haq has given statement on Geo TV that they could not find out the exact reason of plane crash. We have formed a 6-member investigation committee to probe the matter. A plane could crash due to several reasons but we would find out exact reason of crash after final report of investigation committee, he said.
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*Pakistan mourns as rains hamper black box search *
Updated at: 1021 PST, Thursday, July 29, 2010
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan observed a day of mourning Thursday for the 152 people killed in the country's worst aviation disaster, as heavy rains delayed the search for the aircraft's black box.
The Airblue passenger jet from Karachi crashed in a ball of flames, killing everyone on board and disintegrating in the heavily forested Margalla hills outside the Pakistani capital during heavy rain and poor visibility.
Pakistani flags were to fly at half-mast from all public buildings on Thursday in mourning for the dead.
US President Barack Obama offered his "deepest condolences" to the families and friends of those killed. UN chief Ban Ki-moon said he was "deeply saddened" by the tragedy and China's President Hu Jintao also conveyed his condolences.
"Rescue teams will resume the search operation as soon as it stops raining as we still have to find the black box," police official Bani Amin told media.
Investigators hope the flight data recorder will give clues to the fate of the 10-year-old Airbus, which was piloted by an experienced captain.
The government said all possible causes would be investigated, including terrorism, bad weather and sabotage, although officials gave no indication that an attack might have been to blame.
Many of the victims were charred beyond recognition or ripped to pieces, forcing health officials to use DNA tests and ID documentation to identify them.
"Our main concern is to find identification papers and other belongings of the passengers, which will greatly help identify the bodies lying in the hospitals," said Amin, who has been supervising the rescue operation.
"We may also find some body pieces during the search but it all depends how quickly it stops raining," he said.
Two Americans, an Austrian-born businessman and seven children were among the 152 people on board flight ED 202 from the southern city of Karachi.
The Airbus 321 was coming in to land at Islamabad's Benazir Bhutto International airport when witnesses saw it flying at an unusually low altitude before hearing a deafening boom.
The plane broke apart into a gorge between two hills, scattering debris in three directions on hillsides enveloped in cloud and some distance from the road, severely hampering initial rescue efforts on Wednesday.
"I saw a big ball of smoke and fire everywhere with big pieces of aircraft rolling down the hill," police official Haji Taj Gul said.
"Nobody survived," Interior Minister Rehman Malik told media. "It's a big tragedy. It's really a big tragedy."
Authorities suggested the flight had been diverted due to bad weather, but it was unclear why the jet was flying so low and close to the Margalla Hills -- off the normal route for aircraft arriving from Karachi.
Rescue official Arshad Javed told media of horrifying scenes at the crash site after the routine commuter flight turned to carnage.
"All we could see were charred hands or feet. I collected two heads, two legs and two hands in a bag," he said.
"We shouted if anyone was there alive, but heard no voice."
Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani expressed his grief over the "tragic incident" and offered prayers for the dead.
Airbus said the single-aisle plane was a relatively young 10 years old, and the European company offered its full assistance to Pakistani investigators.
Airblue is one of Pakistan's most respected airlines. It has been operating since 2004, using new Airbus A320 and A321 aircraft on domestic routes and international services to Dubai, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi, Muscat and Manchester.
Wednesday's crash was the worst in Pakistan. The only deadlier civilian plane crash involving a Pakistani jet saw a PIA Airbus A300 crash into a cloud-covered hillside on approach to Kathmandu, killing 167 people in 1992.
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inna lilahe wa inna ilahe rajaoon....
bohat hi afsos hua sun ker...mere khayal se jitna bhi afsos kiya jaye kam hai...kisi bhi tarah se azaala nahi ho sakta...allah in logon ki maghfarat farmaye aur in ke ghar walon ko sabar de....ameen
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Pindi Islamabad are facing heaviest rainfall of last many years. Rescue work is near to impossible.
Re: Breaking News: Plane crashes in Islamabad
Aazmaish per Aazmaish ... Allah Pak sab ki madad farmaye ... Aameen !
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Astagfirrulah!!! Inna Lillahe Wa Inna Elayhe Rajeoon. Such tragic news .. sad sad news .. I can't seem to get this out of my mind. My husband's friend Naveed Ilyas from school was on the flight... he celebrated his 1st wedding anniversary on the 25th and had a baby daughter around 2 weeks ago. He was so happy!
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Ameen to all the prayers . It is just one sad incident .
Astagfirrulah!!! Inna Lillahe Wa Inna Elayhe Rajeoon. Such tragic news .. sad sad news .. I can't seem to get this out of my mind. My husband's friend Naveed Ilyas from school was on the flight... he celebrated his 1st wedding anniversary on the 25th and had a baby daughter around 2 weeks ago. He was so happy! :(
Getting this incident away from mind, it really not possible ...
Indeed, this has been tragic not for one but many families ...Allah Pak un ki magfirat farmayain aur un ki family members ko sabar-e-jameel ata farmaye ...
Aameen !
Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihee raajioon
:(:(...... it is too tragic for any words. Allah reham kare saab peh
Ameen. My heart goes out to all the families affected by this tragedy :(
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Margalla tragedy: Downpour, avalanches delay probe
Heavy downpour and avalanches added to the delay in probe and relief efforts at the Margalla plane crash site, Dunya TV investigation team reported on Thursday.
Dunya TV investigation team reached the site and said the rescue efforts have been delayed due to heavy rains as the debris of the plane is still to be removed. The anti-terror squad completed collection of human limbs and charred flesh.
Meanwhile, at least 46 bodies of plane crash victims have been identified and handed the same over to their heirs while many charred bodies are still kept at PIMS Hospital whose identification will be determined through DNA tests.
Wrong radar signal caused crash: EX-GM CAA
Talking to Dunya News, former GM Air Traffic Control Hafiz Zakhawatul Hassan has termed wrong radar signals that caused the plane crash.He said that the Civil Aviation Authority's radar gave out a wrong signal.
DNA tests would be completed till tomorrow: Rehman
Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik has assured that all the DNA tests would be completed till tomorrow. He added that the all the dead bodies would be sent to their homes on government’s expenditures.
Thanks for your comments
Allah does not make these decisions at Shab-e-Barat. Life & Death is written for each soul before even they are born.
yes offcourse, but still there are some things which can prolong one's life and rizq. well these are very complicated matters. u and me who are ignorant in these ISLAMIC MATTERS cant understand such issues. only muftis better know
Very sad news indeed
Inna lilla hey wa inna ilaihey rajeoon
My brother saw the plane flying dangerously low over F-7/4 near Margalla Hills when he was leaving for work.
He thinks the pilot deviated too far from Islamabad airport. He should not have been flying over Margallas. The second cause could be the pressure plate which gives lift to the aircraft. The pilot did try to lift the aircraft at the last minute as he noted that the crash site was near the top of the hills to the right of F-7/4 but because the pressure plate did not give him sufficient lift, he failed to clear the hills.
This is very tragic news and lets hope that the culprits at Air Blue or CAA get punished. But this is Pakistan. People can get away with murder here.