Plane crash in Pakistan: 152 people including 2 Americans killed

[Pintu]

2 Americans among the Dead , Washington Post link:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/28/AR2010072801253.html

 

[nitesh]

what are chances of terrorist strike? stinger............ any guesses?

what I was saying................ there is indeed something fishy


http://www.geo.tv/7-28-2010/69096.htm

ISLAMABAD: Federal Interior Minister Rehman A Malik, grieved over the disastrous accident that killed several people this morning in Islamabad, said the inquiry would be conducted to ascertain the cause as to why the plane was on wrong route, Geo News reported Wednesday.

Speaking about the incident, he said the plane was signaled to land on the runway at a time when it was flying at a height of 2500 feet; however, the plane started to soar higher and reached 3,000 feet after the landing permission.

Malik said the search for the black box is on the go; so that, the actual course of the incident could be found out.

The interior minister stressed that investigations would be conducted to discover as to why plane flew on wrong path.

A special counter has been set up at the airport, so that the bereaved can garner information about the passengers of the plane.

 

[wild goose]

Rest In peace.

May God give strength to their dear ones

 

[ajtr]

Looters desecrating the dead​

According to police at least six people were intercepted as they tried to steal mobiles and gold ornaments
By Mohsin Ali, CorrespondentPublished: 00:00 July 30, 2010
Islamabad: Six people were caught stealing valuables from the remains of victims after the plane crash in the Margalla hills overlooking Islamabad, newspaper reports said on Wednesday.
After the private Blueair airline airbus crashed in the hills Wednesday morning killing all 152 people on board, police and rescuers started searching the thickly wooded ravine.
According to police at least six people were intercepted as they tried to steal mobiles and gold ornaments from the crash scene.
A bearded man was spotted trying to take away a human hand bearing gold rings and bangles. When interrogated he told the police he had brought the human part to hand it to the authorities.

 

[ajtr]

A 'kafir' for bigots but friends defend him as patriot​

Premchand was one of the 152 passengers killed in plane crash in Islamabad

Premchand at a session of the Youth Parliament of Pakistan.

Islamabad: Was it ignorance, oversight or bigotry? This is the question doing the rounds on the Internet as young Pakistanis come to terms with the coffin of Premchand — one of the 152 passengers killed in last week's plane crash in Islamabad – being labelled 'kafir' (non-believer).

A bit of everything seems to be the answer from the discussion triggered on various websites. The reactions range from remorse and disgust at denying the youngster respect in death, to anger at why an issue is being made of what may have just been a clerical error.

Premchand, a social worker from Sanghar in Sindh, was among the six members of the Youth Parliament killed in the plane crash. What made his death stand out was what happened later. Summing it up, the first post on the online discussion forum 'pakistaniat.com' said: "His death — like the death of everyone on that flight — was a matter of national tragedy; the treatment of his dead body a matter of national disgrace."

Friends who identified Premchand's body were quoted by news reports as saying that the coffin came marked 'kafir

.' The word literally means 'infidel' or 'non-believer,' but it is seen as an insult in these parts. "It was shocking. He could have been marked as Hindu or non-Muslim, but using the word 'kafir' is the worst example of intolerance."

Muneeb Afzal, a member of the Youth Parliament (MYP) said, recalling that the night before the crash he had received greetings from Premchand to mark the 15th of Shabaan.

Pouring out the angst felt by his friends, the post on pakistaniat.com adds: "Literally labelling someone's coffin 'kafir' and not even giving them the respect to list their religion by its proper name is a shameful and disgusting way to disrespect the last remains of anyone. All the more so, the last remains of a patriotic Pakistani who was on that plane solely to represent Pakistan and to seek to be a better Pakistani – he was on his way to the 'session' of the Youth Parliament!"

To spare his relatives from the added pain of seeing Premchand termed 'kafir' in death, his friends did their best to cover it up by writing over the marking on the coffin, "We love you — from the Youth Parliament." Still, word got out as one of the MYPs decided to speak up during a condolence meeting covered by the media. Though he came in for criticism for bringing this into the public domain and adding to the family's grief, the subsequent discussion on the Internet reflects the feeling that silence on such matters is seen as complicity, on which bigotry feeds.