Pakistan has a chequered past when it comes to aviation safety.Most recently, all 47 passengers and crew on board an ATR 42–500 were killed when the plane crashed into a mountainside in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province on a domestic flight from Chitral to Islamabad in December 2016.The pilot reported an engine failure shortly before the twin-turboprop plane went down near Havelian.Most of PIA's planes were banned from flying within the European Union in 2007 due to safety concerns over its ageing fleet.Pakistan's deadliest plane disaster came in 2010 when an AirBlue flight crashed into the Margalla Hills, killing 152 people on a journey from Karachi to the capital Islamabad.The Airbus A321 was preparing to land in dense fog and heavy rain.When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. "Mr Mahmood only suffered broken bones and scratches, Karachi Mayor Waseem Akhtar had earlier said there were expected to be no survivors among those on board the jet.He told Reuters: "At the moment we have the view that there will be no survivors from the plane itself but it is not confirmed. The preliminary report into the Pakistan International Airways flight 8303 crash, obtained by Sky News Speaking from hospital, Mr Zubair said that the pilot announced he was going to make a second try shortly before the plane crashed. Rescuers evacuate an injured resident from the site, where a number of houses were destroyed A few seconds later the pilot can be heard giving several Mayday calls followed by a response from air traffic control that both runways are clear to land.Pakistan's armed forces have flown a search and rescue team from Rawalpindi to the crash site in Karachi. There are survivors - he is one. There was no further communication from the aircraft.Footage allegedly showing the moment the plane crashed shows a jet flying low over buildings before it disappears behind the structures. In an audio recording of aircraft communications obtained by CNN, from a Pakistani government source, the pilot can be heard speaking with air traffic control about his approach before saying, “We are proceeding direct, we have lost engines.”Malik, the airlines CEO, said in a news conference Friday that all checks and certifications had been in place, nothing was pending and the airline was operationally and administratively good to go.Malik could not yet confirm why the accident took place but said there will be a proper inquiry.At least 76 bodies have been recovered after Pakistan International Airline flight 8303 crashed in Karachi Friday, according to a statement from the Sindh Health Department.Speaking at a news conference earlier Friday, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) CEO Air Vice Marshal Arshad Malik said there were 99 people onboard including crew and passengers.The Pakistan commercial flight did not crash into a building and no bodies of residents have been retrieved, according to Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) CEO Air Vice Marshal Arshad Malik.Malik said at a news conference in Karachi Friday that they are tracking the number of dead by coordinating with local hospitals which will take at least two days.All checks and certifications had been in place, nothing was pending and the airline was operationally and administratively good to go, Malik added.“Air travel is the safest. Pakistan had only earlier this week resumed domestic flights ahead of Eid-al Fitr, which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan. TV footage showed rescue crews combing through debris strewn across the streets of the densely populated zone. It is a very tragic incident. PIA’s pilots and engineers follow SOPs [standard operating procedures] and are highly qualified A320 is one of the safest planes in the industry," he said.Malik could not yet confirm why the accident took place but said there will be a proper inquiry.The pilot said he was ready to land but then made a second approach when something went wrong. It is unclear if those fatalities involve victims from the ground or the plane. Kids and adults. The plane, belonging to state-run airline Pakistani International Airlines (PIA), "The last we heard from the pilot was that he has some technical problem[s]," PIA spokesman Abdullah H Khan said in a video statement.Army and civil administration personnel had begun clearing through the debris in the Karachi neighbourhood on Saturday and assisting residents whose homes had been damaged.Officials said the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder had been found and initial inquiries would begin shortly.The airline's chief executive, Arshad Malik, said the last message received from the pilot indicated there was a technical problem.Seconds before the crash, the pilot told air traffic controllers he had lost power from both engines, according to a recording of the black box.Airbus said the jet first flew in 2004 and was fitted with engines built by CFM International, co-owned by General Electric and France's Safran.Pakistan's Prime Minister, Imran Khan, announced soon after the crash there would be an inquiry, with the Government's aviation division saying it would be be led by a four-member team.The team will include three members of the Aircraft Accident and Investigation Board and one from the Pakistan Air Force's safety board.