ISLAMABAD: A shuttle bus was destroyed in a fire that erupted on the runway of Benazir Bhutto International Airport in Islamabad on Thursday, Express News reported.
Express News reported that the fire started due to a short-circuit on the runway and a shuttle bus, that carries passengers from the lounge to the aircraft, caught fire.
According to Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) sources, the fire was completely extinguished.
An emergency was declared at the airport as a result.
A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight PK-301 was scheduled to take off when the fire erupted, while a flight of a private airline had landed.
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Oh, its been determined that fire was due to short circuit. Luckily its just a shuttle bus costing only a few crore.
I have been seen Pakistani passengers light up cigarettes as soon as they exit aircraft at Islamabad, right on the tarmac. I wait with bated breath for the day when aviation fumes cause an explosion destroying aircraft and killing hundreds, all because an incredibly stupid person cannot go without his cigarette until they exit the terminal.
Why cannot ASF arrest such individuals and throw them in jail ? A couple of weeks in Adiala will be a brilliant deterrent for this activity.