Mass Casualties Expected After Passenger Jet Crashes In Karachi, Pakistan - NPR

Soldiers and volunteers search the wreckage at the site of the Pakistan International Airlines crash in Karachi, Pakistan, on Friday.

Soldiers and volunteers search the wreckage at the site of the Pakistan International Airlines crash in Karachi, Pakistan, on Friday.

A Pakistani passenger jet with about 100 people aboard crashed in a residential section of Karachi, the country's most populated city, leading local officials to prepare for mass casualties.

Pakistan International Airlines Flight PK 8303 was en route from Lahore when it crashed into a neighborhood Friday afternoon local time.