Plane crashes in Islamabad 28 July 2010 |over 150 on board Plane crashes in Islamabad

A Pakistani passenger plane carrying over 150 people on Wednesday crashed into the heavily forested Margalla Hills surrounding Islamabad due to bad weather, police and rescue workers said.

The Airbus aircraft of the private airline Air Blue hit the Margalla Hills near the Daman-e-Koh viewpoint this morning, officials of the police and a state-run rescue service said. The aircraft, flying from Turkey to Islamabad via Karachi, was preparing to land when it crashed, said Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority Spokesman Pervez George. "There were 146 passengers and six crew on board," he said. "When it was preparing to land, it crashed in the Margalla Hills." Islamabad has been hit by heavy rains for the past few days and the city was covered by fog and low clouds.

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Plane crashes in Islamabad 28 July 2010 |over 150 on board  Plane crashes in Islamabad | As per sources A plane private airline Air Blue, flying from Karachi to Islamabad carrying 152 people crashed into the Margalla Hills due to bad weather, police said. The Private airline Air Blue, plane crash near Islamabad flying from Karachi to Islamabad, hit the Margalla Hills near the Daman-e-Koh. "There were 146 passengers and six crewmen on board. We are gathering information. We have no more details," Mubarik Shah, spokesman of the state-run Civil Aviation Authority, said. Theplane AirBlue lost contact with the control room of the Islamabad International Airport at 0443 GMT. Five bodies had been recovered from the crash site in the forested Margalla hills near the city, an official said.