A passenger plane, with about 152 passengers onboard, crashed into Margalla Hills in Pakistan's capital Islamabad on Wednesday morning but no immediate casualty report has been received, police sources said.
The private airlines flight traveling from Turkey to Islamabad via Karachi, the south port city of Pakistan, lost contact with the control tower of Islamabad airport, local TV channel ARY News reported.
Police and rescue teams have been dispatched to the site of crash.
The plane crashed behind the mountainous range of Margalla Hills, near the Damanekoh resort, according to reports.
Fire is visible from the picnic spot of DamaneKoh and rescue teams are trying to reach the site, local media said...[Full story]
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