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Emergency teams in Pakistan continue searching for corpses at the site of a plane crash near Islamabad while national mourning begins.

The Airbus A321 operated by Airblue, crashed during monsoon weather minutes before landing, killing all 152 people on board. It is Pakistan’s worst-ever crash on its own territory.

According to the Pakistan’s civil aviation authority the plane had been ordered to take an alternate approach to the runway, but had veered off course. Finding out why will be a key task of the investigation.

Relatives have joined the teams searching the debris in an attempt to recover the bodies of the victims. Two Americans were among the victims, a US embassy spokesman said, but gave no further details.

Links to other sources: BBC News, Pakistan News

Posted by Laila Rodriguez on 29 July 2010 at 11:06 | permalink
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News story, GenevaLunch, 29 July 2010.

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