Punjab Governor Chaudhry Ghulam Sarwar. PHOTO: FILE
LAHORE: The Governor of Punjab Chaudhry Ghulam Sarwar’s plane fortunately avoided a mishap on Friday morning, Express News reported.
According to reports, a large bird came in front of his private plane which had just taken off from Allama Iqbal International Airport, Lahore en route to Bahawalpur.
The pilot managed to save the plane from crashing and immediately informed the Air Traffic Control that they are turning back as he feared the bird might have hit the plane.
After checking the system and discovering that no damage was caused to the plane, they continued their journey to Bahawalpur.
Sarwar was headed to Bahawalpur for a personal trip. A few other people were also present in the plane with him.
Bird strikes are a significant threat to flight safety and have caused a number of accidents with human casualties around the globe.
According to sources at the Civil Aviation Authority, dozens of incidents have been reported in which birds damaged the engines of various aircraft during take-off and landing.
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The damn bird... how dare it fly in front our UK returned Governor of Punjab's personal visit to Bhawalpur as his way of giving back to the country ? The sheer audacity of these creatures is astounding.
A large bird. hmmm. This is a yahoodi/cia/raw saazish!
who say pakistan is a poor country
As per my little knowlegde his name is Mohammad Sarwar not Ghulam Sarwar.
A missed call from the nature
Thank God the bird was saved!!!
Who paid for the use of private plane? The governor himself (I know he can afford too) or the state?