Pakistan passenger plane with 100 on board crashes on homes

A Pakistani passenger plane with nearly 100 people on board crashed into a residential area of the southern city of Karachi on Friday. The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane was close to landing when it came down among houses, sending plumes of smoke into the air that could be seen from some distance away. Rescue workers and local residents pulled people from the debris, as firefighters tried to put out the flames. “I heard a big bang…