Pakistani plane crashes after take-off with 48 people aboard

A plane belonging to Pakistan's national carrier has crashed and burst into flames with 48 people on board, killing all of them, police and an airline spokesman said.

According to senior police officer Khurram Rasheed, the plane crashed in a village in the district of Abbottabad, 45 miles north-west of the capital, Islamabad. The small twin-propeller aircraft was travelling from the city of Chitral to Islamabad when it crashed shortly after take-off.