Afghan officials and policemen walk nea

Afghan officials and policemen walk near the mountains where an Afghan Pamir Airways plane is believed to have crashed in the Salang pass, north of Kabul on May 17, 2010. An Afghan passenger plane carrying 43 people, including three Britons, crashed in the mountains of northern Afghanistan on Monday, sparking a frantic search operation, officials said. It was unclear whether there were any survivors. The Pamir Airways plane had been en route from the northern province of Kunduz to Kabul when it came down over the treacherous Hindu Kush mountains, shrouded in heavy snow. AFP PHOTO/Massoud HOSSAINI (Photo credit should read MASSOUD HOSSAINI/AFP via Getty Images)