Airbus A320 with 107 people aboard crashes in residential area of Karachi in Pakistan

A Pakistan International Airlines jetliner has crashed into a residential area of Karachi in Pakistan. 

The Airbus A320 with 107 people aboard went down in the Model Colony area while it was on final approach to land at Karachi airport 

A passenger plane carrying more than 100 people has crashed in the southern city of Karachi.

Photos on national television show plumes of billowing smoke after the Pakistan International Airlines plane smashed into the residential area.

Pakistan's aviation authority Abdul Sattar Khokhar said: We are trying to confirm the number of passengers but initially it is 99 passengers and eight crew members.'

Images shown on national television showed the Pakistan International Airlines flight had smashed into a residential area

The Airbus went down in the Model Colony area while it was on final approach to land at Karachi airport.

The crash comes just days after the country began allowing commercial flights to resume

Billowing smoke can be seen amid rubble in photos shared on social media 

He added that the flight was coming from Lahore.