A passenger plane operated by Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) with 107 passengers on board crashed in southern Pakistani port city of Karachi on Friday afternoon, according to a PIA spokesperson. 

“The plane crashed in Karachi. We are trying to confirm the number of passengers but initially it is 99 passengers and eight crew members,” said Abdul Sattar Khokhar, the spokesman for the country’s aviation authority.

PIA said 98 people were on board the ill-fated plane.

The flight, an Airbus A320, went down near a residential area in the city. It was on its way from the city of Lahore to Karachi when the incident happened.

Images circulated on social media showed the PIA flight had smashed into a residential area, with clouds of thick black smoke billowing from the site.

Following the report of the crash, the Pakistan military said security forces had been deployed to the area and helicopters were being used to survey the damage and help rescue operations.

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