Tag: flight
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PIA flight carrying Shehbaz Sharif, Maryam Nawaz rerouted
A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight from Jeddah to Islamabad, carrying Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz back from their visit to Saudi Arabia, was diverted to Lahore on Monday. Flight PK842 was supposed to land in Islamabad at 10:30pm on Monday night but was diverted to Allama Iqbal International Airport,…
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Sami Khan had scary experience on a flight
Well-known actor Sami Khan has narrated the story of a difficult plane journey last year.Sami Khan recently appeared as a guest on a ‘Life Green Hai’ show where he had an interesting discussion on various topics.“Last year I was traveling from Karachi to Lahore in the month of Ramadan, so during the flight, all the…
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PIA instructs pilots and cabin crew not to fast while flying
A new advisory issued by Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has instructed pilots and the cabin crew to not observe fast in the month of Ramzan during flights, reports The Express Tribune. The directive issued by the manager of the flight safety department at PIA outlined guidelines regarding fasting during the flights. It said that fasting…
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How 379 people escaped deadly fire in a plane in Japan?
It took firefighters more than eight hours to extinguish the fire that engulfed a Japan Airlines jet after it struck another plane on landing at Tokyo’s Haneda airport on Tuesday. It took 12 crew members just minutes to usher hundreds of people on board to safety. All but one of the six people on the smaller aircraft…
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Alleged “Donkey” flight held in France, sent back to India
The Airbus A340 initially had been bound for Nicaragua when it was detained last Thursday at Vatry airport, east of Paris, where it had stopped for refuelling. A donkey flight is an illegal immigration used for unauthorized entry into foreign countries like the USA, UK, Canada etc. It had arrived from the United Arab Emirates…
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Husband-wife fight forces plane to make emergency landing in India
A Lufthansa plane that took off from Germany had to make an emergency landing in New Delhi’s Indra Gandhi’s airport after an intense fight broke out between a husband and wife. On November 29, right after the take-off from Munich, a couple started fighting in the plane. Seeing the situation getting worse, pilots informed the…
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Karachi-Lahore flights encounter GPS signal disruptions
GPS signals for flights between Lahore and Karachi reportedly ran into difficulties in receiving signals. The GPS signals got disrupted approximately 100 nautical miles around Karachi and Lahore. Civil Aviation Authority has issued Notices to Airmen (NOTAM) regarding the problem and instructed the pilots of the aircraft to immediately inform them about difficulty in receiving…
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Flight takes U-turn after passenger gets severe diarrhoea
A Delta Air Lines airplane was flying from Atlanta to Barcelona when two hours into the journey, they were forced to turn around because of a “biohazard issue” after one of the passengers developed severe diarrhoea. In an audio posted on X (formerly Twitter), allegedly from air traffic control, the pilot can be heard telling…
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Passenger banned for 30 days from airline after urinating on woman during flight
A drunk male passenger in business class on an Air India flight from New York to Delhi allegedly unzipped his pants and urinated on a female co-passenger, earning a ban from the airline for 30 days. The incident took place in late November, however, the airline took notice on Wednesday after the woman wrote to…
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Expansion plan for Lahore airport discussed
Specifics of the Lahore Airport expansion project were recently discussed at a meeting of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) management, and Nespak. According to The News, the runway that is now being constructed was also discussed. The discussion went over the operational issues at Lahore Airport, as well as the concerns…