Majlis offers condolences to Pakistan over plane crash
August 1, 2010 - 0:0
TEHRAN – Iranian Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani offered condolences to Pakistani Senate and National Assembly over the death of 152 people in a plane crash on Wednesday.
A Pakistani passenger plane with 152 people aboard crashed into Margalla Hills near the Pakistani capital Islamabad on Wednesday morning.Airblue flight 202 took off from Karachi, Pakistan's biggest city and financial capital at 7:45 a.m. (0245 GMT) and was about to land in Islamabad when it crashed.
The plane -- an Airbus A321 model -- was ordered to take an alternative approach to the runway at Islamabad airport but apparently veered off course, the Civil Aviation Authority said earlier this week.
Recovery workers found the “black box” flight data recorder Saturday in the wreckage of Pakistan's worst-ever plane crash, and it appeared to be in good condition, officials said