NAWABSHAH: Two passenger flights of Pakistan International Airlines made emergency landing at Nawabshah Airport on Friday due to bad weather conditions and poor visibility at the Jinnah International Airport, Karachi.

A PIA flight PK 502 heading towards Karachi from Turbat carrying 38 passengers made an emergency landing at the Nawabshah Airport.

Another PIA flight No PK 369 going to Karachi from Islamabad carrying 122 passengers also made the emergency landing at Nawabshah Airport due to similar reasons.

Both planes landed at Nawabshah at around 3pm and were still at the airport till filing of this report at night.

Published in Dawn, August 22nd, 2020

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