A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) aircraft has crashed in a residential area near Karachi airport.
PIA spokesperson Abdul Sattar confirmed the crash and added that the flight, A-320, was carrying 99 people on board, including cabin crew, and was flying from Lahore to Karachi. CAA sources said that its communication with the plane one minute before its landing was cut off. PIA spokesperson said that the plane crashed at 2.37pm Pakistan Standard Time, just one minute before the landing. The PIA flight PK-8303 took off from Lahore for Karachi and crashed in a residential area in Karachi, a senior PIA official told Gulf News from Karachi. He said that PIA's emergency and rescue team has been activated. Videos and photos showed bodies buried underneath rubble and streets littered with debris while resuce teams police carried out evacuating the area. A number of houses have been damaged and dozens of victims including the injured and dead bodies have been taken to hospitals.
A resident reported that the aircraft came dangerously before crashing.
"It hit a house first and then crashed. We do not yet how many people have been killed on ground," said Shoaib Chaudhry.
He said that area has been cordoned off for the resuce operation.
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