ISLAMABAD - The victims of an airline crash near Islamabad that killed all 127 people on board were laid to rest on Sunday, as investigators probed the causes of the fatal incident.
The Bhoja Air flight from Karachi came down in fields near a village on the outskirts of Islamabad on Friday evening, second major fatal air crash in less than two years. Thirteen of those killed were buried late Saturday in Islamabad and funerals for 36 other victims were held in Karachi and other cities early Sunday, with more ceremonies expected in different cities throughout the day.
Television broadcasts showed footage of distraught relatives, weeping and hugging each other, as the dozens of coffins left Islamabad’s Institute of Medical Sciences Hospital where the remains had been taken. Some nine dead bodies have not yet been identified and will undergo DNA tests, a hospital official said. Doctor Waseem Khawaja, in charge of Pakistan Institute of Medical...
