Two passengers stopped for boarding PIA plane without boarding passes

The individuals had already been seated in the plane when the cabin crew realised their names were not on the list.

LAHORE: Two passengers without boarding passes managed to escape the routine boarding check and get aboard the plane on a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight from Lahore to New York on Saturday, Express News reported.

Express News correspondent Aftab Khan reported that the two individuals had been seated in the plane and the door was about to be closed when the cabin crew found out that their list did not include the names of the said individuals.

The flight captain subsequently had the two persons disembark the plane.

Managing Director PIA Junaid Younus has taken notice of the incident and ordered an investigation into how this happened.