Adil Najam

(Note: A full list of passengers on the plane and a phone number where more information can be obtained is available here).

There is little except words of condolence and silent prayers that one can offer to those who have lost their loved ones in the fatal crash of Airblue flight ABQ-202. They will have to live with the loss and the agony forever. Our words will change little, but they are one way to cope with the cold chill that runs down one’s spine as one reads the details of what happened in the skies over Margalla Hills..

In the four plus years we have run this blog, we have had to do too much mourning of Pakistanis dying needlessly.One of the very first times we had to write such a post was of another plane crash – PIA’s Fokker crash in July 2006 that killed 45. Since then it has been needless dying galore of Pakistanis.

The pain gets into the very marrow of the bones of all of us. But it never becomes less painful. You never get used to it. Each time is like a ton of bricks hitting you. Then, something like this happens and it hurts even more. Maybe, because there is no one to lash out against. All you can do is to offer words of condolence and silent prayers to those who have lost their loved ones. You know the words will change nothing, but you hope they will offer some solace in solidarity to the grieved, and maybe some little venting to your own pain.

Adil Najam

A full list of passengers on the ill-fated Airblue Flight ABQ-202 has been released and is being reproduced here. For further information regarding passengers relatives and friends are advised to call the Crisis Management Cell at 051-9211223-4. The list is reproduced from Dawn as a public service and we sincerely hope that it is entirely correct. In case you do see a familiar name, please do contact teh phone above to confirm it. Our condolences and prayers are with those who have lost their loved ones in this tragedy. (Read and comment at ATP post on this tragedy, here).

Adil Najam