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Confirmed: No Survivors Among 127 Pax in Pakistan Crash
The flight data recorder has been located, NBC’s Fakhar Rehman reported from Islamabad, and the so-called or "black box" was expected to reveal why the plane went down. But the apparent cause was that pilots were flying low under heavy clouds and hit high-tension wires as they approached Benazir Bhutto International Airport, he said. (worldnews.msnbc.msn.com) More...
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Just out of curiosity, is one not able to see if something is already posted, before posting???
I posted this because it's no longer speculation, and it's also the first mention I saw of blackbox/wires.
Me thinks that the posters don't look at FA to see if a item/event has already been posted..just sayin'...
to all of the families and friends affected our condolences are offered....
Other sources are saying it was a 737-200.
Director general of the Meteorological department Arif Mehmood said the civil aviation authority had been twice warned about adverse weather conditions over Islamabad air space Friday, Geo New reported.
"The first warning was issued at 3:00 p.m. which cited major aviation hazards; the second warning was issued prior to 6:00 p.m.," he said.
Both warnings stated that the wind pressure was extremely high, Mehmood said adding that the Bhoja Airlines plane, which crashed, should have never been given permission to land.
"The plane should have been directed to land at the alternate airport, which is the Allama Iqbal Airport in Lahore," he said.
Director General of civil aviation authority (CAA) Nadeem Yousafzai later said the investigation into the plane crash could take anywhere from three months to one year.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Pakistani-plane-crash-Official-hints-at-blunder/articleshow/12814539.cms
"The first warning was issued at 3:00 p.m. which cited major aviation hazards; the second warning was issued prior to 6:00 p.m.," he said.
Both warnings stated that the wind pressure was extremely high, Mehmood said adding that the Bhoja Airlines plane, which crashed, should have never been given permission to land.
"The plane should have been directed to land at the alternate airport, which is the Allama Iqbal Airport in Lahore," he said.
Director General of civil aviation authority (CAA) Nadeem Yousafzai later said the investigation into the plane crash could take anywhere from three months to one year.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Pakistani-plane-crash-Official-hints-at-blunder/articleshow/12814539.cms
