A passenger jet crashed into the hills surrounding Pakistan's capital amid poor weather Wednesday, killing all 152 people on board and blazing a path of devastation strewn with body parts and twisted metal wreckage.
Prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has expressed his sorrow over the crash and declared a day of national mourning.
The Airbus 321 broke up and caught fire after crashing into Margalla Hills.
Civil aviation officials say the pilot of the Airblue flight from Karachi lost contact with air traffic controllers shortly before the accident.
Eyewitnesses say the plane was flying at low altitude during bad weather.
Rescue workers have recovered the severely burnt bodies of dozens of passengers from the wreckage.
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