Islamabad Plane Crash

A Pakistan Air Force F-16 fighter jet crashed in the capital city of Islamabad on Wednesday morning, a spokesman for the air force said.

In an unusual move, Pakistani authorities have decided to exhume the bodies of the crew of a plane that crashed last month killing 48 people to see if any of them were under the influence of drugs. Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight PK-661 crashed in a hilly area in Havelian near Abbottabad while en route from Chitral to Islamabad on Dece...

Seeking "divine intervention", staff of Pakistan's national carrier Pakistan International Airlines or PIA sacrificed a black goat at the airport tarmac in Islamabad before an ATR-42 aircraft took off nearly a week after the French-built turboprop planes were grounded following a crash that killed 47 people.

Pakistan International Airlines today blamed engine failure for the horrific plane crash which claimed 48 lives, even as the country's top civil aviation body launched a probe into the tragic accident.

Pakistan's famous pop star-turned- Islamic-preacher Junaid Jamshed was on board the ill-fated PK-661 flight that crashed today near Havelian while on its way to the national capital.

There are unlikely to be any survivors from a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane carrying about 40 people that crashed on Wednesday in a mountainous northern region, a government official at the crash site said.

A Pakistani plane carrying 48 people crashed on Wednesday in the country's mountainous north and burst into flames, authorities said, as rescue workers pulled dozens of bodies from the wreckage and officials expressed little hope for survivors.

Pakistan on Sunday buried victims of an airline crash near Islamabad that killed all 127 people on board, as investigators probed the causes of the fatal incident.

Pakistan plane crash: Pakistan blocked the head of an airline whose jet crashed near the capital from leaving the country and ordered him into protective custody on Saturday as it began an investigation into its second major air disaster in less than two years.

A Pakistani passenger plane with up to 130 people on board crashed while trying to land in bad weather near the capital Islamabad on Friday, officials said.

World air crash timeline:Here is a list of worst air crashes worldwide over the past five years:-April 20, 2012: PAKISTAN - A passenger jet crashed in Islamabad, killing all 127 on board. The Bhoja Air plane was on a flight from Karachi to Islamabad.

Pakistani authorities have recovered the black box flight data recorder of a passenger jet that crashed in Islamabad on Friday, killing everyone on board. Pakistan: Bhoja Air plane crash kills all 127 on board; black box found

The smell of burning filled the air at the scene of Friday's deadly plane crash on the outskirts of Islamabad, where chunks of charred wreckage lay scattered across farmland.

A passenger plane carrying 127 people on board crashed in bad weather in the outskirts of the Pakistani capital of Islamabad on Friday.

This is the third air crash in the last 24 hours. On Tuesday, a Lufthansa MD-11 cargo plane crashed while landing at Riyadh , smoke was emitting out from the rear of the aircraft. Both the pilots were rushed to a hospital.In another incident,  a Beechcraft Premier Business jet had a landing accident in Oshkosh in the United States.  Both ...

A Pakistan Air Force F-16 fighter jet crashed in the capital city of Islamabad on Wednesday morning, a spokesman for the air force said.

In an unusual move, Pakistani authorities have decided to exhume the bodies of the crew of a plane that crashed last month killing 48 people to see if any of them were under the influence of drugs. Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight PK-661 crashed in a hilly area in Havelian near Abbottabad while en route from Chitral to Islamabad on Dece...

Seeking "divine intervention", staff of Pakistan's national carrier Pakistan International Airlines or PIA sacrificed a black goat at the airport tarmac in Islamabad before an ATR-42 aircraft took off nearly a week after the French-built turboprop planes were grounded following a crash that killed 47 people.

Pakistan International Airlines today blamed engine failure for the horrific plane crash which claimed 48 lives, even as the country's top civil aviation body launched a probe into the tragic accident.

Pakistan's famous pop star-turned- Islamic-preacher Junaid Jamshed was on board the ill-fated PK-661 flight that crashed today near Havelian while on its way to the national capital.

There are unlikely to be any survivors from a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane carrying about 40 people that crashed on Wednesday in a mountainous northern region, a government official at the crash site said.

A Pakistani plane carrying 48 people crashed on Wednesday in the country's mountainous north and burst into flames, authorities said, as rescue workers pulled dozens of bodies from the wreckage and officials expressed little hope for survivors.

Pakistan on Sunday buried victims of an airline crash near Islamabad that killed all 127 people on board, as investigators probed the causes of the fatal incident.

Pakistan plane crash: Pakistan blocked the head of an airline whose jet crashed near the capital from leaving the country and ordered him into protective custody on Saturday as it began an investigation into its second major air disaster in less than two years.

A Pakistani passenger plane with up to 130 people on board crashed while trying to land in bad weather near the capital Islamabad on Friday, officials said.

World air crash timeline:Here is a list of worst air crashes worldwide over the past five years:-April 20, 2012: PAKISTAN - A passenger jet crashed in Islamabad, killing all 127 on board. The Bhoja Air plane was on a flight from Karachi to Islamabad.

Pakistani authorities have recovered the black box flight data recorder of a passenger jet that crashed in Islamabad on Friday, killing everyone on board. Pakistan: Bhoja Air plane crash kills all 127 on board; black box found

The smell of burning filled the air at the scene of Friday's deadly plane crash on the outskirts of Islamabad, where chunks of charred wreckage lay scattered across farmland.

A passenger plane carrying 127 people on board crashed in bad weather in the outskirts of the Pakistani capital of Islamabad on Friday.

This is the third air crash in the last 24 hours. On Tuesday, a Lufthansa MD-11 cargo plane crashed while landing at Riyadh , smoke was emitting out from the rear of the aircraft. Both the pilots were rushed to a hospital.In another incident,  a Beechcraft Premier Business jet had a landing accident in Oshkosh in the United States.  Both ...