'I NEVER SAW SUCH A TRAGEDY'

Charred remains of Pakistan plane crash victims wrapped in CLOTH BUNDLES as rescuer workers tell of horrific scenes at crash site

Witnesses describe the smell of burning flesh and body parts littering the floor, with relatives told they wouldn't recognise what was left of their loved ones

RESCUE workers have told of nightmarish scenes at the site of a Pakistan plane crash which killed 48 people yesterday.

BY TOM MICHAEL AND SAM WEBB-7th December 2016

The aircraft, belonging to Pakistan‘s national carrier Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), crashed in a massive fireball on Wednesday, killing all 48 people on board, the airline chairman and police said.

Pakistani soldiers were among those called in to search for victims among the wreckage - Witnesses told of hellish scenes at the crash site, which reportedly stank of burning flesh 

Senior police officer Khurram Rasheed told reporters the rescue effort had now ended-The scorched bones of the victims were wrapped in cloth in bundles 

And emergency workers and volunteers have now revealed the horror that awaited them when they arrived at the site of the disaster.

Altaf Hussain, a rescue worker who transported the remains of passengers in an ambulance, said the hellish crash site smelled of burnt flesh and oil and that body parts were scattered everywhere.

“We collected the burned bones of the ill-fated passengers and wrapped them in cloth,” he said.

Ambulance driver Duray Hussain said the remains of the passengers were “beyond recognition”.

One official, Farman Ghori, was crying outside the hospital, saying he saw the faces of two toddlers among the remains.

“Oh God, I never saw such a tragedy,” Ghori said.