150 PIA passengers stranded at Jeddah airport

KARACHI:

The destination of the PIA flight PK-860, which was supposed to arrive from Saudi Arabia, was changed at the eleventh hour, sources revealed, leaving 150 Umrah pilgrims clueless at the Jeddah Airport.

Flight PK-860 was scheduled to depart from Jeddah for Karachi at 5:40pm according to Saudi time, but the flight was diverted to Lahore instead of Karachi before departure.

Jeddah-Karachi passengers were given two options – either to adjust to the Lahore flight or to wait for the next Karachi-bound flight.

The PIA spokesperson cited unforeseen operational issues as the reasons for the diversion, saying: “Passengers travelling from Jeddah to Karachi will now be brought by flight PK-732 today (Sunday).”