Dozens killed as Pakistani passenger plane crashes near Karachi

The aircraft crashed into a crowded neighbourhood on the edge of the airport.

Fire brigade staff try to put out fire caused by plane crash in Karachi, Pakistan. Picture: AP Photo/Fareed Khan

A passenger plane with 98 people on board has crashed in a crowded neighbourhood on the edge of the international airport near Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi after what appeared to be an engine failure during landing.

Karachi mayor Wasim Akhtar said at least five or six houses were destroyed in the crash of the domestic flight operated by Pakistan International Airlines.