KARACHI: A Dhaka-bound PIA flight, carrying 55-member Pakistan contingent for the South Asian Games, was diverted back to Karachi for an emergency landing on Tuesday due to a technical fault in the aircraft.
A contingent official told �The News� on Tuesday that the aircraft developed a technical fault when it was almost 20 minutes away from landing in Dhaka. The pilot decided to divert it back to Karachi for an emergency landing.
�It was really terrible to hear about the fault in the aircraft but all the passengers, including the Pakistani players, kept their cool and the pilot did a wonderful job and landed the plane safely here in Karachi,� the official said.
The PIA flight PK-266, carrying 55 players and officials of swimming, boxing, table tennis, and wushu, had taken off from here at 9:00am on Tuesday morning. However, after addressing the fault, the aircraft then flew for Dhaka again after two hours of emergency landing.
A contingent official told �The News� on Tuesday that the aircraft developed a technical fault when it was almost 20 minutes away from landing in Dhaka. The pilot decided to divert it back to Karachi for an emergency landing.
�It was really terrible to hear about the fault in the aircraft but all the passengers, including the Pakistani players, kept their cool and the pilot did a wonderful job and landed the plane safely here in Karachi,� the official said.
The PIA flight PK-266, carrying 55 players and officials of swimming, boxing, table tennis, and wushu, had taken off from here at 9:00am on Tuesday morning. However, after addressing the fault, the aircraft then flew for Dhaka again after two hours of emergency landing.
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