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AirBlue Commercial Aircraft Crashes in Islamabad
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yes i wanted to use the word for Geo too.
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Perils of Islamabad flying: Pakistani pilot
KARACHI, July 28, 2010 (AFP) - The captain of the Pakistani passenger jet that crashed in the hills of Islamabad on Wednesday was a top professional flying into one of the most testing airports for pilots, a colleague said.
"Islamabad airport's location is not an easy destination to fly into," Hashim Raza Gardezi, a former colleague of Pervez Iqbal Chaudhry who piloted the doomed Airbus A-321, told AFP.
The craggy Margalla Hills to the north of the capital and unpredictable wind patterns can make an approach extremely difficult he said, going so far as to describe Islamabad as "one of the worst weather conditions in the world".
"Irregular wind systems surround the Margalla Hills often make it difficult for the pilots while in the air," Gardezi, a pilot for state Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), said. Airblue's flight 202 from Karachi was coming into land at Benazir Bhutto International airport when witnesses saw a jet flying at unusually low altitude then heard a loud boom.
Gardezi told AFP that Chaudhry, was a true professional.
"Chaudhry was one of the finest professionals in this field... who never took unnecessary risks during his professional career."
Procedures for safe landing at Islamabad advise pilots not to descend lower than 1,000 feet (300 metres) unless they have full visibility of the runway.
Gardezi said half an hour before the crash, a PIA flight was diverted to the eastern city of Lahore owing to poor weather conditions.
"With the experience Chaudhry had, I suppose the weather had got better by then prompting him to go for landing," he told Geo television.
Pakistan's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said the pilot had been in contact with the control tower at the airport until just before the crash. "In the last conversation with the control tower, the pilot had been given landing clearance and the plane was proceeding normally for landing before it crashed into the hills," said Riaz-ul-Haq, the authority's deputy director.
The civil aviation authority said all possible causes would be investigated, including terrorism and bad weather, although officials gave no indication that an attack might have been to blame.
KARACHI, July 28, 2010 (AFP) - The captain of the Pakistani passenger jet that crashed in the hills of Islamabad on Wednesday was a top professional flying into one of the most testing airports for pilots, a colleague said.
"Islamabad airport's location is not an easy destination to fly into," Hashim Raza Gardezi, a former colleague of Pervez Iqbal Chaudhry who piloted the doomed Airbus A-321, told AFP.
The craggy Margalla Hills to the north of the capital and unpredictable wind patterns can make an approach extremely difficult he said, going so far as to describe Islamabad as "one of the worst weather conditions in the world".
"Irregular wind systems surround the Margalla Hills often make it difficult for the pilots while in the air," Gardezi, a pilot for state Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), said. Airblue's flight 202 from Karachi was coming into land at Benazir Bhutto International airport when witnesses saw a jet flying at unusually low altitude then heard a loud boom.
Gardezi told AFP that Chaudhry, was a true professional.
"Chaudhry was one of the finest professionals in this field... who never took unnecessary risks during his professional career."
Procedures for safe landing at Islamabad advise pilots not to descend lower than 1,000 feet (300 metres) unless they have full visibility of the runway.
Gardezi said half an hour before the crash, a PIA flight was diverted to the eastern city of Lahore owing to poor weather conditions.
"With the experience Chaudhry had, I suppose the weather had got better by then prompting him to go for landing," he told Geo television.
Pakistan's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said the pilot had been in contact with the control tower at the airport until just before the crash. "In the last conversation with the control tower, the pilot had been given landing clearance and the plane was proceeding normally for landing before it crashed into the hills," said Riaz-ul-Haq, the authority's deputy director.
The civil aviation authority said all possible causes would be investigated, including terrorism and bad weather, although officials gave no indication that an attack might have been to blame.
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Malik wants inquiry into route change
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.
Malik wants inquiry into route change
SOMEONE JUST SHUT THIS MORON UP WHO SAID 5 PEOPLE SURVIVED RAISING HOPES FOR THE FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE DEAD!!!! MAN I AM GLAD HE DIDN'T BLAME THE TALIBAN HERE! WHICH IS HIS FAVOURITE ANSWER!!!
THIS SOMALI LOOKING PIRATE NEEDS TO BE FIRED FOR LYING AND GIVING IRRESPONSIBLE STATEMENTS!
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.
Malik wants inquiry into route change
SOMEONE JUST SHUT THIS MORON UP WHO SAID 5 PEOPLE SURVIVED RAISING HOPES FOR THE FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE DEAD!!!! MAN I AM GLAD HE DIDN'T BLAME THE TALIBAN HERE! WHICH IS HIS FAVOURITE ANSWER!!!
THIS SOMALI LOOKING PIRATE NEEDS TO BE FIRED FOR LYING AND GIVING IRRESPONSIBLE STATEMENTS!
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Plague spreading species are spreading plague so let them its their trait.
On other hand there are some sensible human beings on that side who are also ashamed of these species.
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Not just that, they don't even have their facts right, some times GEO displays that pilot had experience of 25 years and sometimes its says 35 years. Even after when its declared that there are no survivors, still geo is showing there are 5 survivors.
Apart from that I heard dog barking from Daily News, some cheap makhdoom whatever, was telling AL-Jazeera that [the airplane was very old it had already completed its flying hours, it required replacement and apart from that AirBlue has no standard they act as a last resort for those who wanna fly.
Air blue has a poor safety record, most of their pilots haven't even completed their flight training and its Chairman is a politician and has no experience of running an Airline before. And all that airblue has are these A-320's (in a sense they are old or a cheap product)]
And the facts are;
1- Pilot had flown for 35yrs for PIA's international routes & 4-5 yrs with AIrBlue.
2- Plane was manufactured in 2004, just six years old.
3- And this mere A-320 is flown by Air France, Virgin Atlantic (no need to mention), Qatar Airways (best airline for 5 consecutive yrs), Royal jordanian, US airways, China southern Airlines, Finair etc)
He showed his real blood when he said, AirBlue isn't good because its run by a Politician and he had no experience of owning an airline before, which means that Boeing and AIrbus are also unexperienced since their owners never had an aircraft manufacturing business before starting these companies.
I reallly want to screw up his career. Attention seeking b****** journalist, as long as we have such people in our media we will always be in a bad light around the globe.
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thanks to army air force and resque teams at least some moroon never use words we have no quick responce after incedent
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Want to bring attention to one of our own journalist trying to score by bashing airblue.
I heard dog barking from Daily News, some cheap makhdoom whatever, was telling AL-Jazeera that [the airplane was very old it had already completed its flying hours, it required replacement and apart from that AirBlue has no standard they act as a last resort for those who wanna fly.
Air blue has a poor safety record, most of their pilots haven't even completed their flight training and its Chairman is a politician and has no experience of running an Airline before. And all that airblue has are these A-320's (in a sense they are old or a cheap product)]
And the facts are;
1- Pilot had flown for 35yrs for PIA's international routes & 4-5 yrs with AIrBlue.
2- Plane was manufactured in 2004, just six years old.
3- And this mere A-320 is flown by Air France, Virgin Atlantic (no need to mention), Qatar Airways (best airline for 5 consecutive yrs), Royal jordanian, US airways, China southern Airlines, Finair etc...)
He showed his real blood when he said, AirBlue isn't good because its run by a Politician and he had no experience of owning an airline before, which means that Boeing and AIrbus are also unexperienced since their owners never had an aircraft manufacturing business before starting these companies.
I reallly want to screw up his career. Attention seeking b****** journalist, as long as we have such people in our media we will always be in a bad light around the globe.
I heard dog barking from Daily News, some cheap makhdoom whatever, was telling AL-Jazeera that [the airplane was very old it had already completed its flying hours, it required replacement and apart from that AirBlue has no standard they act as a last resort for those who wanna fly.
Air blue has a poor safety record, most of their pilots haven't even completed their flight training and its Chairman is a politician and has no experience of running an Airline before. And all that airblue has are these A-320's (in a sense they are old or a cheap product)]
And the facts are;
1- Pilot had flown for 35yrs for PIA's international routes & 4-5 yrs with AIrBlue.
2- Plane was manufactured in 2004, just six years old.
3- And this mere A-320 is flown by Air France, Virgin Atlantic (no need to mention), Qatar Airways (best airline for 5 consecutive yrs), Royal jordanian, US airways, China southern Airlines, Finair etc...)
He showed his real blood when he said, AirBlue isn't good because its run by a Politician and he had no experience of owning an airline before, which means that Boeing and AIrbus are also unexperienced since their owners never had an aircraft manufacturing business before starting these companies.
I reallly want to screw up his career. Attention seeking b****** journalist, as long as we have such people in our media we will always be in a bad light around the globe.
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Two US citizens on plane crashed in Islamabad: embassy
ISLAMABAD: Two American citizens were on board a Pakistani passenger plane that crashed into hills above Islamabad on Wednesday, a spokesman for the US embassy said.
ISLAMABAD: Two American citizens were on board a Pakistani passenger plane that crashed into hills above Islamabad on Wednesday, a spokesman for the US embassy said.
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