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PIA flight from Lahore to Karachi diverted to Muscat

PIA spokesperson says flight was diverted due to fog

News Desk December 23, 2016

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A Pakistan International Airlines flight from Lahore to Karachi was diverted to Muscat on Friday.

Flight PK-307 was scheduled to depart from Lahore at 9:00pm Thursday night. However, it took off this morning and landed in Muscat instead of Karachi.

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PIA spokesperson Danyal Gilani told The Express Tribune the flight was diverted due to dense fog in Karachi. “The fog in Karachi today decreased visibility to 50 metres,” Gilani said.

“Muscat is the nearest standby airport where the flight could be landed," he added. After the fog cleared, the plane took off for Karachi from Muscat and landed at 12:07pm.

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FlightRadar24 data shows that airliner descended to 10,000 feet, encircled a few times and then continued its flight to ultimately land in Muscat.

The PIA spokesperson added that another flight PK-732 from Jeddah to Karachi landed in Lahore due to fog.

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Meanwhile, an official statement by the PIA spokesperson said the two flights had been diverted to Muscat as visibility at all airports near Karachi was poor. "Now with improved visibility flight operation at Karachi has been restored," it read.

Last month, a flight en route to Lahore was diverted to Manchester after all of the aircraft’s toilets got choked. A statement released by the national flag carrier said the toilets on PK-798, flying from Toronto to Lahore, had gotten choked after something solid was thrown by passengers. PIA said all toilets had been consequently affected as they were connected with a common drain line.

On December 7, a PIA flight from Chitral to Islamabad crashed in Abbottabad killing all 47 on board.

COMMENTS (8)

Mubbashir | 7 years ago | Reply I was on this flight and the crew was extremely professional and helpful.

Ts | 7 years ago | Reply Pia please functionalise Hyderabad airport properly so that traders can be benefitted

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Parvez | 7 years ago | Reply What was the REAL reason for the diversion to Muscat ????

Abdul jabbar | 7 years ago | Reply Peoples who are commenting on this issue first show their nationality then assure that they have love, sympathy and affection for their motherland. No other nationals like Pakistani make jokes of their country and countryman. You people should be ashamed of yourself, each and every Pakistani though poor or rich, older or elder man or woman, middle class or elite class and our politicians too copy Indians in every walk of life. But no one determine it that every single Indian is extremely patriotic and pay full respect to his country and his nation. No matter what is the issue but they don't try to defame themselves. On the other hand we Pakistanis don't let any chance to defame our country

Munir | 7 years ago | Reply Isn't Multan airport not capable of handling a 777?

Haji Atiya | 7 years ago | Reply @Desi: Why do we need so many airports when over the last 2-3 decades most major international carriers stopped coming here ? There was a time when many big name airlines from Europe and the US had port of calls in Karachi and to a lesser extent, Lahore. Now who is coming here ?-- Pakistanis, NRPs, as well as a smattering of Chinese and Arabs.

Jamal | 7 years ago | Reply @Desi: Soon Karachi will have plenty of private airports catering to the elite.

Desi | 7 years ago | Reply Pakistan has very few airports. In city like New york and London there are many airports. In little country like Norway with population of 5 million people , Oslo Airport have 2 other supporting airports on 60 and 70 km distance. Pakistan must build supprting airports arround Karachi , like Hyderabad and other areas. In Punjab Pakistan must build International airports in Faisalabad, Sarghoda and cities which can support Lahore. The same in KPK, Balochistan and Jammu & Kashmir.

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