'Black box' data recorder from Pakistan plane crash found

1.661992-694549765 — An official carries the black box recovered from the wreckage of the ill-fated Airblue passenger plane at the Margalla Hills on the outskirts of Islamabad. Image Credit: AFP

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.

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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.

Relatives of the victims of an Airblue passenger plane, which crashed outside Islamabad, mourn on Wednesday. Image Credit: Reuters

Rescue workers search for bodies amid the wreckage of a private AirBlue airliner that crashed in Margalla hills in Islamabad, Pakistan on Wednesday. All passengers and crew onboard were killed. Image Credit: EPA

Pakistani rescue workers look for survivors on Wednesday amid the wreckage in the hills around Islamabad. Image Credit: AP

A woman cries at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences Hospital as she mourns a victim of an Airblue plane disaster. Image Credit: Reuters

Volunteers on a rescue operation observe as smoke rises from the wreckage of the Airblue passenger plane which crashed in the Margalla Hills on the outskirts of Islamabad. Image Credit: Reuters

Pakistani rescuers surround the wreckage of the Airblue passenger plane that crashed in Islamabad, Pakistan. A government official says there were no survivors. Image Credit: AP

The commercial Airblue plane with 152 people on board crashed about 300 m up the side of the hills facing Islamabad. Image Credit: Jacob Hernandez/Gulf News

Pakistani rescue workers rush to the site of a plane crash in Islamabad. Image Credit: AP

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, a helicopter files over the site of a plane crash near Islamabad. According to a Pakistani government official over two dozen bodies have been recovered from the site. Image Credit: AP

Fire and smoke rises from the wreckage of a passenger plane which has crashed in The Margalla Hills on the outskirts of Islamabad. Image Credit: AFP

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, police stand guard near the site of a plane crash near Islamabad, Pakistan. The passenger jet carrying 152 people crashed into the hills surrounding Pakistan's capital amid rain Wednesday, officials said. Image Credit: AP

An information desk has been set up at the Islamabad Airport for the plane crash. However, the list of passengers has not yet been issued by the airline Image Credit: Reuters

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