More bodies from Pakistan crash retrieved

Security forces guarded the area around the site of a plane crash in Karachi on Saturday as the search operation continued for bodies among the wreckage.

The Pakistan International Airlines jet, an Airbus A320, plowed into an alley and destroyed at least five houses, after an apparent engine failure during landing.

There were 98 people onboard the flight, with officials stating there had so far been two survivors and at least 57 bodies found.

The pilot was heard transmitting a mayday to the tower shortly before the crash of Flight 8303, which was flying from Lahore to Karachi and carrying many traveling for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr.

The plane went down about 2:39 pm on Friday northeast of Jinnah International Airport in the poor and congested residential area known as Model Colony between houses that were smashed by its wings.

Pakistan's civil aviation authority said the plane had 91 passengers and a crew of seven.

The A320 can carry up to 180 passengers, depending on how its cabin is configured.

At least two people aboard survived, according to the health department, revising an earlier statement that three were alive.