Official: Plane crashes in Pakistan; 121 people on board (OP)
Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- A commercial airplane carrying at least 121 people crashed Friday in Rawalpindi just before it was to land at an airport in Islamabad, according to Pakistan's Civil Aviation Authority, which cited poor weather as a possible factor.The Bhoja Air Boeing 737 was on its first flight from Karachi to Islamabad, authority spokesman Pervaz George told CNN, who said weather conditions in the capital were cloudy. Officials initially reported that 131 people were on board, but George later reduced that number.There were no survivors.The crash occurred near the Chaklala airbase, which the Pakistani air force uses, and is adjacent to the Benazir Bhutto International Airport in Islamabad.Debris was scattered across the crash site as workers sifted through the wreckage in the heavily populated residential area.
Authorities are investigating what may have caused the crash and the potential for additional casualties at the crash site.Investigators are "going to be looking at technology," aviation security consultant Greg Feith said. "What kind of radio equipment, what kind of ground proximity warning system the aircraft was equipped with, weather radar, things like that ... since the weather may be a factor in this accident."In 2010,152 people were killed when a Pakistani passenger plane crashed on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan's capital.That plane was also was coming from Karachi when it crashed into a hillside while trying to land, officials said at the time.The first known commercial passenger airplane crash occurred in Pakistan in 1953 when a Canadian Pacific DH-106 Comet crashed shortly after takeoff from Karachi. That crash killed 11 people on board.
I am not talking about the situation if it was scary or not...ofcourse it is. I am talking that you don't have to be worried when entering a plane. accidents(deadly or not) are around every corner, even in your house, should i be worried about that all the time? Death can come at any time, date or place(should i be worried about that all the time, for example when i take the bus?).
I am rather worried about in which state i die- hope its the moment when my heart is filled with imaan Insha'Allah
Anyway ontopic lol, i think i am talking about a other subject.. *facepalm*
Last edited by Jedi_Mindset; 04-23-2012 at 07:52 PM.
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Re: Official: Plane crashes in Pakistan; 121 people on board
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I only replied because he said this:
He doesn't have to be worried, car crashes do happen alot more, even train crashes. A airplane is very safe, if you compare it to trains, cars. And if it happens so be it. What can you do about it when its the will of Allah?
Yeah I guess so, I just have feel that it'll crash and I do zikr a lot on airplanes.
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