Bhoja air crash: Rescue work completed at site

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Bhoja air crash: Rescue work completed at site

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Rescue operation has almost been completed at the crash site of Bhoja plane near Islamabad.

21 April,2012 12:50 pm

All one hundred and twenty seven bodies have been recovered from the crash site.Of the total recovered bodies‚ one hundred and two have been identified while 68 handed over to their relatives.However, search for the luggage of the deceased passengers is still underway. Rescue teams are also preparing lists of the items they have found from the site. The items includes jewelry, cash, national identity cards and other documents.The rescue personnel has told that parts of the crashed plane will be gathered in the end of the operation.A special flight of Pakistan International Airlines carrying ninety four relatives of the air crash victims arrived at Benazir Bhutto airport Islamabad from Karachi this morning.Meanwhile a special counter has been set up at PIMS to facilitate relatives of the victims. Civil Aviation Authority has also set up special counters at Karachi and Islamabad Airports for the facilitation of relatives of crash victims.