Pakistan Plane With 98 on Board Crashes Near Karachi

A passenger plane belonging to state-run airline Pakistani International Airlines has crashed near the southern port city of Karachi.

Fire brigade staff try to put out fire caused by plane crash in Karachi, Pakistan, on May 22, 2020. Fareed Khan/AP Photo

Updated at 10 a.m. ET

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