A plane crash that killed 97 people in Pakistan last month was a result of human error by the pilot and air traffic control, according to an initial report into the disaster. They failed to follow protocol, Aviation Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan said, announcing the findings in parliament. He also said the pilots were distracted while talking about coronavirus. The passenger plane came down on houses in Karachi on 22 May. Only two passengers survived. What are the initial findings? The passenger plane was en route from Lahore when it crashed into a residential area in Karachi, after trying to land at the city's Jinnah International Airport. Mr Khan said there was nothing wrong with the aircraft, an Airbus A320, run by Pakistan International Airlines (PIA). He said the pilot initially failed to deploy the landing gear correctly, which led to the aircraft scraping the runway before taking off again. Then, as it was about to make a second landing, air traffic controllers failed to inform the pilot that the engines had been left badly damaged, the minister reported. "When the control tower asked him to increase the plane's height, the pilot said 'I'll manage'. There was over-confidence," he said. Mr Khan said the full investigation report would be presented in a year's time and it would include details from a recording taken during the descent. He also promised a government "restructuring" of PIA, insisting action would be taken against rogue pilots.