A Pakistani domestic passenger plane has crashed in a residential area on approach to Karachi airport according to local news reports.<br /><br />The Airbus 320 belonging to the national carrier, Pakistan International Airlines, crashed on a service from Lahore shortly before it was due to land at Jinnah International airport<br /><br />Video footage purporting to come from the scene showed plumes of black smoke rising from behind buildings on the ground.<br />
