Pakistani airliner crashes near Karachi

A Pakistan International Airlines plane with at least 91 people aboard crashed in a residential area near the airport in Karachi, officials said.

The plane was en route from the eastern city of Lahore to Karachi and crashed at 2:37 p.m., officials said. No information about casualties was immediately available.

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First reports said the plane skidded off the rooftops of several houses before bursting into flame.