Up to 127 die in Pakistani jet crash

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.

The civilian plane, flying from Pakistan’s biggest city and commercial hub Karachi to the capital Islamabad, crashed about five nautical miles (9km) from the international airport, said aviation official Pervez George.

Authorities said there was no hope of finding survivors. Body parts lay among wreckage strewn in a small settlement just outside Islamabad. Local residents said they had seen a ball of fire in the sky when the plane crashed.