An airliner has crashed near the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, killing all 152 people on board.
The plane, an Airblue flight from Karachi to Islamabad, came down in hills just north of the city as it was about to land. There is no word on the cause of the crash. At the time the area was shrouded in fog. Pakistani TV showed images of smouldering wreckage on a foggy hillside, with helicopters overhead.
Imtiaz Elahi, chairman of the Capital Development Authority, which deals with emergencies, said the crash was "heartbreaking".
"It is a great tragedy, and I confirm it with pain that there are no survivors," he told the Associated Press news agency.
The plane, reported to be an Airbus A321 with 146 passengers and six crew on board, is thought to have left Karachi at 0750 (0350 GMT). Two Americans were among the victims, a US embassy spokesman said, but gave no further details. Pakistan's interior ministry initially said at least five survivors had been taken to hospital, but local officials later said those reports were wrong.Local TV footage showed twisted metal wreckage hanging from trees and scattered across the ground. The flight data recorder has been found. Officials said rescuers searching for survivors were digging through the rubble with their bare hands. The crash site, on a steep hill, has no roads.
