ISLAMABAD, May 22 -- A total of 50 bodies and seven injured people have been recovered and shifted to two hospitals after a passenger plane crashed in a residential area in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi Friday, police sources and rescuers said.

Police sources told Xinhua that the deceased will be identified through DNA tests.

Briefing Xinhua about the cause of crash, Ismail Khoso, spokesman of the country's Civil Aviation Authority said that the plane of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), Airbus A320, with some 100 people on board, crashed shortly before landing at Karachi airport on Friday afternoon.

"I cannot confirm the cause of crash, CAA's investigation board will probe the incident and its report will be released on Saturday or a day after, after which I will be able to share the details," he said.

However, he confirmed that the pilot contacted the control tower intimating that the plane was meeting some technical fault, and he was told that two runways were vacant for landing and he may use any as per convenience. "Instead of landing, the pilot preferred to take another round in the air, and shortly after he lost contact with the control, the plane was later found crashed in residential area."

He said that loss of lives was also feared on the ground, because houses were destroyed and several walls were damaged in the crash.

The black box of the plane has been found, and it will be sent abroad for decoding, after which the situation will be cleared, said the spokesman.

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