At least 34 dead as Pak International Airlines flight crashes near Karachi

The aircraft was flying from Lahore to Karachi. Videos posted on Twitter showed smoke billowing at a distance as people rushed away

At least 34 people have died after a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane with over 90 people on board crashed into a densely populated residential area near the Jinnah International Airport here on Friday, according to officials.

Saad Edhi, a spokesperson of the Edhi welfare trust, said that around 25 to 30 residents whose houses were damaged by the plane have also been taken to the hospital, mostly with burn wounds.

Flight PK-303 from Lahore was about to land in Karachi when it crashed at the Jinnah Garden area near Model Colony in Malir, just a minute before its landing,