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28.07.2010 11:19
 A commercial Pakistani passenger plane with 152 people on board crashed in bad weather in hills near Islamabad on Wednesday, and police said they expected few had survived.
At least 20 people were confirmed dead when the Airbus 321, belonging to private airline Airblue, crashed in heavy rain while flying from the southern port city of Karachi, Reuters reports.
Five survivors were pulled from the wreckage and sent to nearby hospitals, said Imtiaz Elahi, chairman of the state-run Capital Development Authority, a municipal body.
The plane lost contact with the control room of the Islamabad International Airport at 12:43 a.m. ET. It was carrying 146 passengers and six crew members.
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