Islamabad , Pakistan ( CNN ) -- A commercial airplane carrying 127 people crashed Friday in Islamabad just before it was to land at a nearby airport , according to Pakistan 's Civil Aviation Authority , which cited poor weather as a possible factor . No survivors have been found , officials said . The Bhoja Air Boeing 737-200 had been making its first evening flight from Karachi to Islamabad , where the weather was cloudy , officials said . Authorities twice changed the number people reported to be on board , but by Friday afternoon appeared to agree on the figure . The crash occurred near the Chaklala airbase , a military site used by the country 's air force , which is adjacent to the Benazir Bhutto International Airport in Islamabad . Debris and body parts were scattered across the crash site as workers sifted through the wreckage in the heavily populated residential area . Four villages were affected by the crash and debris from the plane has been recovered within a kilometer of the site , Interior Minister A Rehman Malik said in a interview with Pakistani media . At least 110 bodies have been recovered from the scene , while more than a 150 bags filled with body parts have been transported to hospitals across the region , according to Farkhand Iqbal , a municipal official in Islamabad . World 's deadliest plane crashes . The flight data recorder , which is considered a key component in determining what may have caused the tragedy , was recovered , officials said . The Bhoja airliner had been flying from the southern seaport city of Karachi and crashed just before touching down in the capital after its 3Â½-hour flight . Local authorities say the crash site is located about five aeronautical miles from the airport in Islamabad . Weather reports indicated that conditions in the area included thunderstorms and limited visibility , according to CNN meteorologist Mari Ramos . Authorities are examining what may have caused the crash and the potential for additional casualties at the site of the wreckage . Investigators are `` going to be looking at technology , '' aviation security consultant Greg Feith said . `` What kind of radio equipment , what kind of ground proximity warning system the aircraft was equipped with , weather radar , things like that ... since the weather may be a factor in this accident . '' Pakistani Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani on Friday expressed `` deep shock and grief over the tragedy , '' ordering his country 's Civil Aviation Authority `` to gear up all its resources for rescue operation , '' state media reported . A separate inquiry into the incident has been launched by Pakistan 's Safety Investigation Board , and two crisis operation rooms have been set up at airports in both Islamabad and Karachi to provide information to the affected families . A Boeing spokeswoman , meanwhile , said the American manufacturer `` stands ready to provide technical assistance to the Civil Aviation Authority of Pakistan . '' The airliner was originally sold in 1985 , said Julie O'Donnell . `` The Boeing Company wishes to extend its profound condolences to the families and friends of those lost today in the Bhoja Air accident in Pakistan , as well as wishes for the recovery of those injured , '' said O'Donnell . Responding to allegations that the aircraft was not in good condition to fly , Defense Secretary Nargis Sethi told a local television station that the government has initiated `` an immediate investigation . '' `` Whether it was 10 , 8 years old , or not airworthy is something that we ca n't confirm yet , '' Sethi said . But Bhoja Air station manager Zahid Bangish told a Pakistani television station later Friday that the `` aircraft was new , not the old one and unairworthy . '' The crash is reminiscent of one in 2010 , when 152 people were killed as a Pakistani passenger plane crashed on the outskirts of Islamabad , Pakistan 's capital . That plane was also was coming from Karachi when it crashed into a hillside while trying to land , officials said at the time . Four years earlier , another airliner crashed in central Pakistan , leaving 45 dead . The first known commercial passenger airplane crash occurred in Pakistan in 1953 when a Canadian Pacific DH-106 Comet crashed shortly after takeoff from Karachi . That crash killed 11 people on board . CNN 's Wajahat S. Khan , Aaron Cooper , Kathryn Tancos , Pierre Meilhan contributed to this report .
Airliner was originally sold in 1985 , a Boeing spokeswoman says . Number of people on flight raised to 127 , officials said . The flight data recorder is recovered at the crash site in Islamabad . - A U.S. Air Force C-130 transport plane crashes into a mountain near Kabul, Afghanistan, killing all 16 crew members and one soldier aboard.