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Thu 07 Jul 2010Pakistan aircraft crash kills 152 aboard
A PAKISTANI passenger plane crashed in heavy rain and low cloud near Islamabad yesterday morning, killing all 152 people on board in the country’s worst air accident. Witnesses said the Airbus 321, operated by private carrier Airblue, failed to clear densely wooded hills on its approach to land.
Rescuers had to dig through the wreckage with their bare hands as fire, thick smoke and poor weather hampered their efforts.
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