The plane, a commercial Airbus belonging to Airblue, a private airline, was flying to Islamabad via Karachi. Thick white smoke and flames can be seen rising from the crash site. The plane had 153 passengers and 6 crew members.
It was raining heavily this morning in and around Islamabad and that impeded initial rescue operations. Army helicopters hovered above the crash site, reportedly carrying out surveillance. Rescue workers are trying to reach the area on foot, but there are no roads to this part of the forest.
A reporter for Pakistani TV channel Geo TV said that the pilot was trying to land at Islamabad on schedule at 9.30 am but was told to wait because the airport was busy.
Civil aviation officials said the aircraft had disappeared from radar screens shortly before the crash was reported.
An emergency has been declared at all hospitals in Islamabad.
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