'Black box' data recorder from Pakistan plane crash found
Workers have found the "black box" flight data recorder from the wreckage of the worst plane in Pakistan
Islamabad: An official said that recovery workers have found the "black box" flight data recorder from the wreckage of the worst plane in Pakistan.
The crash in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, killed all 152 people aboard the Airblue flight on Wednesday.
In pictures: Pakistan air crash
Ramzan Sajid of the Capital Development Authority, a government agency, said the flight recorder was found on Saturday. He did not know what condition it was in.
The recorder has been handed to aviation officials.
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The last major plane crash in Pakistan was in July 2006 when a Fokker F-27 aircraft crashed on the outskirts of Multan killing all 45 people on board.
Airblue operates flights within Pakistan, as well as to the UAE, Oman and the UK. It makes a fuel stop in Turkey when it flies from Manchester to Pakistan.
