PIA plane bound for Jeddah makes emergency landing at Lahore airport due to 'technical fault'
A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight from Lahore to Jeddah was delayed on Sunday due to a "technical fault" in the aircraft, a spokesperson said.
The spokesperson denied media reports that the plane had caught fire and said that the plane made an emergency landing soon after a technical fault was detected. About 200 passengers were onboard PK-759 when it took off at 9.30am. The flight will now take off at 12pm in a different aircraft.
"PIA's staff is taking care of the passengers in the airport lounge," the spokesperson said.
The fault comes less than two months after a PIA plane skidded off the runway while landing at Gilgit airport in July. The aircraft was carrying 53 people, including the crew. Earlier this year, a PIA flight from Peshawar to Jeddah had to change course and land in Karachi as its plane was damaged after a bird crashed into the nose of the Boeing 777.
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Stay safe! Quite a normal thing.
That’s why all incompetent staff must be fired!
did someone forget to put the engine oil?
Please buy new planes immediately if you want to bring back the glorious yesteryears of PIA.
The government recently rejected the money for maintenance of PIA airplanes
If I were on board I would rather have the crew land for repairs.
Commandable action taken by the flight crew, took timely action for the sake of stately . Well done.
Running out of spare parts.
It happens, no worries, get it fixed and keep moving forward
Bird crash is no one fault, skidding is pilot error, technical is engineers slopy job.
Thank God the wheels did not come off.
The last para of this news is pure sensationalization.
The sad story of the PIA can be summed up with Boeing 737, which It leased to Emirates in 1985 to start operations. After 34 yrs PIA is still flying it, bleeding over Rs30B, while the Emirate has built one of the most modern fleets. Past success of PIA goes to legendary AM Nur Khan, the 2 time MD, & the airhostess Momi Gul Durrani, called ‘The Face of PIA’.
With posting profit in 2002 -2004, PIA suffered- increasing fuel costs, inherent inefficiencies & lack of capital injection. In 2004, it leased 3 Boeing 777 & 6 Airbus 310 at cost of $1.5B. to fly to Chicago,Toronto & London. After 2006, crash, all Fokker were replaced with twin turboprop ATRs. In 2007, EU banned PIA’s B-747 & A-310, leaving PIA w/B-777s to carry 43% of the air traffic from Pakistan
PIA has now gone completely to the verge of collapse w/govt. giving it support of Bns. W/a fleet of 38 planes, PIA can operate just 25. having no money to pay for spares. In 2013 Govt decided to privatize PIA, yet to be accomplished
There is nothing bad wrt PIA as all machines are prone to develop technical faults worldwide ...... be safe .....
I am a frequent flyer from the the US for the last 30 plus years but do not buy PIA ticket because of their performance.. I know many Pakistani use other airlines not because of cost of tickets but other factors are also consider when purchasing PIA ticket. I think PIA should be privatized. It is very simple like any business if company is not a profitable then some one else should take over and make it profitable. Name of the airline will remain the same but let private company run it. I am sure it will bring more revenue to the Pakistani treasury. Win Win situation for Pakistan and for the private stock holders. After all many foreign air lines are make profit from Pakistani passengers.
Comments (15) Closed
Stay safe! Quite a normal thing.
That’s why all incompetent staff must be fired!
did someone forget to put the engine oil?
Please buy new planes immediately if you want to bring back the glorious yesteryears of PIA.
The government recently rejected the money for maintenance of PIA airplanes
If I were on board I would rather have the crew land for repairs.
Commandable action taken by the flight crew, took timely action for the sake of stately . Well done.
Running out of spare parts.
It happens, no worries, get it fixed and keep moving forward
Bird crash is no one fault, skidding is pilot error, technical is engineers slopy job.
Thank God the wheels did not come off.
The last para of this news is pure sensationalization.
The sad story of the PIA can be summed up with Boeing 737, which It leased to Emirates in 1985 to start operations. After 34 yrs PIA is still flying it, bleeding over Rs30B, while the Emirate has built one of the most modern fleets. Past success of PIA goes to legendary AM Nur Khan, the 2 time MD, & the airhostess Momi Gul Durrani, called ‘The Face of PIA’.
With posting profit in 2002 -2004, PIA suffered- increasing fuel costs, inherent inefficiencies & lack of capital injection. In 2004, it leased 3 Boeing 777 & 6 Airbus 310 at cost of $1.5B. to fly to Chicago,Toronto & London. After 2006, crash, all Fokker were replaced with twin turboprop ATRs. In 2007, EU banned PIA’s B-747 & A-310, leaving PIA w/B-777s to carry 43% of the air traffic from Pakistan
PIA has now gone completely to the verge of collapse w/govt. giving it support of Bns. W/a fleet of 38 planes, PIA can operate just 25. having no money to pay for spares. In 2013 Govt decided to privatize PIA, yet to be accomplished
There is nothing bad wrt PIA as all machines are prone to develop technical faults worldwide ...... be safe .....
I am a frequent flyer from the the US for the last 30 plus years but do not buy PIA ticket because of their performance.. I know many Pakistani use other airlines not because of cost of tickets but other factors are also consider when purchasing PIA ticket. I think PIA should be privatized. It is very simple like any business if company is not a profitable then some one else should take over and make it profitable. Name of the airline will remain the same but let private company run it. I am sure it will bring more revenue to the Pakistani treasury. Win Win situation for Pakistan and for the private stock holders. After all many foreign air lines are make profit from Pakistani passengers.