Associated Press
KABUL, Afghanistan — Searchers found no sign of survivors Friday among 44 people on board a commercial airliner that crashed this week on a remote Afghan mountain, the aviation minister said.
The Antonov-24 operated by Pamir Airways disappeared Monday on a flight from Kunduz to Kabul. The wreckage was spotted Thursday by a search plane on a 13,500-foot (4,100-meter) mountain in Shakar Darah district north of Kabul.
Aviation Minister Mohammadullah Batash told The Associated Press that ground searchers reached the site Friday but found no sign of survivors.
Three Britons and one American were among eight foreign passengers on the plane along with nationals from Pakistan and Australia, according to chief aviation investigator Ghulam Farooq. He did not have precise numbers for Australian and Pakistani passengers.
Russia's Itar-Tass news agency said three Tajikistan citizens working for the airline were also aboard, possibly among the crew.
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