45 killed in Pakistani plane crash (AP)

MULTAN, Pakistan - A Pakistan International Airlines passenger plane crashed soon after takeoff on a domestic flight Monday in eastern Pakistan, and all 45 people on board were killed, officials said. The Fokker F-27 twin-engine aircraft slammed into a wheat field on the outskirts of the city of Multan two or three minutes after takeoff, spiraling in the air before it hit the ground, witnesses said. "All 41 passengers and four crew members on board the plane have died," said Iftikhar Babar, the ...