A small plane with at least 21 people on board crashed after taking off from Pakistan's Karachi airport today. Pervez George, a spokesman for Pakistan's Civil Aviation Authority, said the aircraft crashed near a military ordnance depot at Karachi's Jinnah International Airport due to a technical fault soon after taking off. He added, the plane chartered to international oil company ENI, based in Italy, was en route to an oil field in Sindh province, some 190 km northeast of Karachi. He said there were 19 passengers and two crew on board. At least 12 bodies have been recovered so far. Aviation officials said there was at least one foreigner on board.