KARACHI: A PIA passenger plane crashed into a population near the airport, killing several people

A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) passenger plane coming from Lahore near Karachi International Airport has crashed, killing several people.

According to sources, the flight of the national airline coming from Lahore to Karachi crashed on the population near the airport. The plane was carrying 91 passengers and seven crew members.

The plane crashed at 2:37 p.m., a PIA spokesman said
A PIA spokesman told Geo News that the national airline flight PK8303 crashed while landing and the plane crashed at 2:37 p.m.

The spokesman said that the Airbus A320 used by PIA was not very old and was about 10 to 11 years old and was fully maintained, so it would be premature to comment on the technical glitch.

The pilot called air traffic "May Day."
Sources said that Civil Aviation has confirmed that PIA Flight 8303 lost contact with air traffic control one minute before landing.

An audio recording of the last contact between the pilot and the traffic control tower also came to light in which the pilot of the plane reported an engine failure and made a May Day call, telling the pilot to land the plane. Two runways are available after which the aircraft lost contact

The wheels of the plane did not open before landing: Sources
Civil aviation sources said that the plane had a technical malfunction and its wheels were not opening before landing, on which the flight was called round-up, but in the meantime the plane crashed on the population.

The PIA has released a list of passengers on board the crashed plane, which includes 51 men, 31 women and nine children.

Senior journalist and Channel 24 programming director Ansar Naqvi was also on board the plane, while Bank of Punjab President Zafar Masood's name was also included in the list of passengers.

Bank of Punjab President Zafar Masood miraculously survived the accident.