A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) aircraft A320 Airbus carrying 90 passengers and eight crew members from Lahore to Karachi crashed in Model Colony near Jinnah international airport Karachi on Friday.
PIA spokesperson Abdul Sattar confirmed the crash while footage showed plumes of smoke rising from the site of the crash, the Dawn reported.
A statement by Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said Army Quick Reaction Force and Sindh Pakistan Rangers reached the site for relief and rescue efforts alongside civil administration.
Minister of Health & Population Welfare has declared emergency in all major hospitals of Karachi due to the plane crash, according to Meeran Yousuf, the media coordinator to the Sindh health minister.