A timeline of major air crashes in Pakistan.

A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) commercial airliner Airbus A320, flying from Lahore to Karachi, crashed in a residential area near the Karachi airport on Friday, just a few kilometres away from the landing runway. The fate of all 91 passengers and eight crew members on flight PK-8303 is not known as of now, while rescue operations are underway.

Following is a chronology of major air crashes in Pakistan or involving Pakistani planes:

May 20, 1965

A PIA Boeing 707 crashes on its inaugural flight while attempting to land at Cairo airport, killing 124 people.

August 6, 1970

A PIA Fokker F27 turboprop aircraft crashes while attempting to take off from Islamabad in a thunderstorm, killing all 30 people on board.

December 8, 1972

A PIA Fokker F27 crashes in Rawalpindi. All 26 people on board are killed.

November 26, 1979

A PIA Boeing 707 bringing home Pakistani Haj pilgrims from Saudi Arabia crashes shortly after take-off from Jeddah airport, killing 156 people.

October 23, 1986

A PIA Fokker F27 crashes while coming in to land in Peshawar, killing 13 of the 54 people on board.

August 17, 1988

A US-made Hercules C-130 military aircraft crashes near Bahawalpur, killing military ruler General Mohammad Zia ul Haq and 30 others including Pakistani generals and the US ambassador.

August 25, 1989

A PIA Fokker carrying 54 people disappears after leaving Gilgit. The wreckage is never found.

September 28, 1992

A PIA Airbus A300 crashes into a cloud-covered hillside on approach to the Nepalese capital Kathmandu after the plane descended too early, killing 167 people.

February 19, 2003

An air force Fokker F27 crashes in fog-shrouded mountains near Kohat, killing Air Chief Marshal Mushaf Ali, his wife and 15 others.

February 24, 2003

A chartered Cessna 402-B carrying Afghan Mines and Industries Minister Juma Mohammad Mohammadi, four Afghan officials, a Chinese mining executive and two Pakistani crew crashes into the Arabian Sea near Karachi.

July 10, 2006

A PIA Fokker F27 bound for Lahore crashes into a field and bursts into flames shortly after takeoff from Multan, killing 41 passengers and four crew.

July 28, 2010

An Airblue Airbus 321 operated by the...