Tag: airplanes
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Heavy fog across Punjab disrupts air and road travel, info number provided
Heavy fog in cities across Punjab including Lahore, Faisalabad and Sialkot has disrupted air and road travel. According to Pakistan International Airways (PIA), four international flights had to be diverted to Islamabad because of foggy weather.According to a representative from Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and Pakistan International Airways (PIA) four flights including PK-248 from Dammam…
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Passenger aircraft narrowly escapes disaster in Pakistan
An aircraft traveling from Islamabad to Saudi Arabia on Monday narrowly escaped a disastrous event. During the flight, a technical fault was detected and soon after that, the aircraft landed back safely at the capital’s airport. Currently, engineers are carrying out repair work of the aircraft after which the flight will take off again for Saudi Arabia…
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More than 4500 flights cancelled as Omicron impacts flight crews
Over 4500 flights have been cancelled around the world and thousands more delayed due to the outbreak of the highly infectious Omicron variant of coronavirus, reports Al Jazeera. At least 2,000 flights were cancelled worldwide on Christmas Day. According to the tracking website flightaware.com, 616 flights originating from or headed to the United States (US)…
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Video: Airplane gets stuck under bridge in India
An Air India plane got stuck underneath a foot overbridge on the Delhi-Gurugram highway outside the Delhi Airport, leaving people shocked. The viral video showed that the nose of the aircraft and half of its body had made it through, however, the plane got stuck near the wings area under the bridge, The Indian Express…
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PIA announces ‘Sadpara Air Safari’ to boost local tourism
Pakistan International Airlines is all set to launch the ‘Sadpara Ali Safari’ service to boost local tourism in the country. The service is named after late mountaineer Ali Sadpara. The service is expected to start from June 12. As per the details, after the launch of the service, people will be able to book a…