Tag: Crash

PAF Mirage aircraft crashes, pilot safe

A Mirage fighter jet of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) on Friday crashed in Karachi near the Hub area. According to reports, the aircraft,...

CAA goes extra vigilant after Bhoja air crash

The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) of Pakistan has become hyperactive after the recent Bhoja crash that caused around 127 causalities, but the efficiency of...

Bhoja plane crash was merely ‘an accident’: report

The initial enquiry report on previous month’s Bhoja plane crash was submitted to the National Assembly’s Standing Committee for Defence on Wednesday. According to the...

Crew blamed for Airblue plane crash

A confused captain and a hostile cockpit atmosphere were to blame for the worst ever plane crash in Pakistan, when 152 people died, the...

Transparent probe of Bhoja air crash, mandatory: PM

Declaring Bhoja Air crash a National tragedy, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that transparent investigations of the accident were mandatory. Addressing the National...

Avoid doing politics on bodies, Malik asks opposition

Criticizing the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) for rejecting the three-man inquiry commission into Bhoja Airline, Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik termed it a disastrous...

Air crash victims buried

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

Shaheen Airline plane escapes disaster at Karachi airport

Yet another passenger aircraft of another private sector airline “Shaheen Airline” escaped a major disaster at Karachi airport as its tyre burst while landing...

PIA to airlift bodies of plane crash victims free of charge

The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) air lifted dead bodies of the victims of the Bhoja Air plane from Islamabad to Karachi on Saturday free...

People caught looting belongings of crash victims

A dirty picture at the site of Bhoja Airline plane crash emerged as few people from nearby areas remained busy in looting the luggage...

PTI announces 3-day mourning over plane crash

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Saturday announced a three-day mourning by the party over the tragic airplane crash near Islamabad that...

Boeing offers to assist Pakistan in crash probe

US aircraft company Boeing has offered technical assistance to Pakistan in the investigation into the plane crash near the Islamabad airport that killed 127...

President call for comprehensive inquiry into air crash

President Asif Ali Zardari called Defence Minister to inquire about the progress in extending facilitation to the affected families of plane crash tragedy. Expressing...

Weeping relatives demand answers

Dozens of coffins lined a hallway at Islamabad's main hospital on Saturday as weeping relatives of the victims of the Bhoja Air plane crash...

Farooq Bhoja placed on ECL: Malik

Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said that name of Farooq Bhoja, the owner of the plane that crashed in the federal capital on...

Aircraft fuel tanks exploded in the air: CAA report

The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) on Saturday issued a preliminary investigation report on the Bhoja Air plane crash. According to the report, the plane was...

Judicial commission to probe air crash: PM

Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has ordered the formation of a judicial commission to probe the Bhoja Airline’s crash. "Until investigations are completed,...