Plane crash: 58 bodies handed to bereaved families

[Lahore_Real_Estate]

ISLAMABAD: At least 58 of 152 killed in the plane crash in Islamabad have been identified thus far and handed over to the bereaved families, Geo News reported Thursday.

The bodies brought to the PIMS Hospital, were mostly in parts and pieces, garnered from the crash site.

Those identified are Maulana Nawabul Hasan of Attaock, Ghulam Rasool, Prem Chand, Airhostess Naheed Bhatti, Sumaira Munawwar, Mirza Tahir Baig, Mona, Amir, Afshan and Mehlee Domki.

The bodies of Piyar Ali, Sapna Munawwar, Munawwar, Maulana Nawabul Hasan and Abdur Raheem have been given in the custody of the relative family members.

The PIMS Hospital officials said a team of 50 doctors has been constituted to identify the bodies.

Meantime, according to Federal Interior Minister Rehman A Malik, the body parts beyond recognition are being DNA tested today.

Chief Commissioner Islamabad said the DNA test process would take a week to complete; afterwards, the bodies would be handed to the grief-struck families.

An Information Desk has been set up at PIMS Hospital to provide information to the bereaved families of the crash victims.

Meantime, the federal capital continues to intermittently receive light to heavy showers, posing hardships in rescue and search operation in Margalla Hills—the crash site. However, the personnel from Pak Army, Capital Development Authority, and Police continued somehow the Search and Rescue operation despite the height of the crash site and the possibility of presence of wreckage in the deep gorge.

The officials said the remains and wreckage of the plane scattered on the abutting peaks and in the deep gorges, where relief workers are scrambling to collect the articles of the deceased passengers. At the same time, the search for the black box is underway.