127 die in airliner crash in Pakistan

Associated Press

ISLAMABAD

Emergency workers with flashlights searched the smoldering wreckage of a passenger jet carrying 127 people that crashed into a muddy wheat field Friday while trying to land in a violent thunderstorm at Islamabad’s main airport.

The government said there appeared to be no survivors in the crash of the Boeing 737-200 near Benazir Bhutto International Airport — the second major air disaster in the Pakistani capital in less than two years.

Bhoja Air, a domestic carrier that has just four planes, resumed operations only last month after suspending them in 2001 due to financial difficulties.