Pakistan blocked the head of an airline whose jet crashed near the capital from leaving the country as it began an investigation today into the country’s second major air disaster in less then two years.

A Pakistani airliner with up to 127 people on board crashed in bad weather as it came in to land in Islamabad yesterday, scattering wreckage and leaving no sign of survivors.

A passenger jet with 127 people on board has crashed into wheat fields near the Pakistani capital Islamabad as it tried to land in bad weather.

A passenger jet with 127 people on board has crashed close to the Pakistani capital, aviation officials say.