A passenger jet that officials suspect veered off course in monsoon rains and thick clouds crashed into hills overlooking Pakistan’s capital Wednesday, killing all 152 people on board. The Airblue jet’s crash was the deadliest ever in Pakistan, and just the latest tragedy to jolt a country that has suffered numerous deaths in recent years due to Al Qaeda and Taliban attacks. At least two US citizens were on the plane, which carried mostly Pakistanis.
The plane, an Airbus A321, left Karachi at 7.45 am for a two-hour flight to Islamabad and was trying to land when it lost contact with the control tower.
The exact cause of the crash was not immediately clear, and rescue workers were seeking the black box.
—AP