The ruins of the former passenger aircraft (Bhoja Air) who falls in Islamabad Pakistan on the probe by investigators.
The accident killed 127 people, 72 bodies have been identified. The black box containing flight records have been find.
The Bhoja Air Boeing 737, flying from Karachi, crashed on approach to the airport during the storm.
Grieving relatives gathered at a hospital in Islamabad to claim the bodies of their loved ones.
Head of Bhoja Air has been banned from leaving the country pending an investigation, officials said.
Asif Farooqi
BBC Urdu, Hussain Abad
Wreckage has been falling for several miles, but many are concentrated in the small village of Hussain Abad. We still do not know if there has been a victim of the villagers.
Body parts scattered all over the place - in the fields nearby, in the village, in front of the house, and in the narrow streets. You can see pieces of clothing and belongings strewn all over the place.
Rescue teams are now trying to collect body parts and put them into body bags to secure them and bring them to the hospital. They eventually will help with identification.
Destruction and chaos after crash
The plane fell in the village on the outskirts of Islamabad Abad Hussain on Friday night, scattering debris over a wide area. There is so far no reports of villagers who were among the victims.
At a press conference on Saturday, Nadeem Khan Yousafzai, head of the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority, said the plane suddenly dropped from 2900 feet (883 meters) to 2,000 ft as it prepares to land.
"It was just down, into a dive. Then lost contact.
"What happened in this period, which should be investigated Is there a downdraft. Was no engine failure?" Mr. Yousafzai added.
Pakistan officially Capt. Arshad Mahmood said there were severe storms with hail as the plane came into land.
"The weather is bad the pilot lost control and crashed to the ground .. It [the aircraft] because of the impact threw up and down and exploded in a fireball," he said.
The plane was more than 27 years, according to Aviation Safety Network organization.
Interior Minister Rehman Malik said that Farooq Bhoja, chief Bhoja Air, has been barred from leaving the country to ensure his cooperation with the investigation.
"It is being said that the plane was quite old, so it has been ordered to investigate thoroughly the air worthiness of aircraft Bhoja," said Malik.
"The cause will be investigated, whether it's any fault in the plane, it is lightning, bad weather or other factors that cause the loss of precious lives."
The BBC's Aleem Maqbool in Islamabad says some people have also been called into question Pakistan set up the system of air safety.
The victims are said to include 11 children and newly wed couples.
An official in Karachi said Bhoja Air is set to fly one member of each family to the capital.
At the Islamabad airport, one man shouted "my two daughters are dead", before it fell to the floor in a state of shock.
Crying relatives had gathered at the main hospital in Islamabad, where dozens of caskets lined the hallway.
Staff at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, their faces covered with masks, sprayed air freshener as families try to identify the remains.
Abdul Raoof, 55, said he had come for the body of his cousin.
"We've been here since morning. We went into the morgue and back into depression after viewing the body lying there," he said.
"We are traumatized We want to get the body and leave this place as early as possible .."
Bhoja Air is a small commercial airline that started domestic flights in 1993. It ceased operations in 2001 due to financial difficulties but has recently reopened.
In July 2010, an Airbus A321 for Airblue fall about to land in Islamabad, killing all 152 people on board - Pakistan's worst air disaster.
Although Pakistan's air industry has been booming, critics say the standards are not always in line with the increase in service
Source : BBC.co.uk
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