Air India plane goes back after emergency landing in Pakistan

An Air India plane has flown back to India with all onboard passengers after it made an emergency landing at the Nawabshah Airport due to technical problem.

Another flight comprising engineers arrived Pakistan after nine hours and fixed the technical fault and went back safely to their country. Spokesperson Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Pervez George briefed the media on Monday.

He stated that another plane along with eight technical experts was sent to from India on the request of the captain of the aircraft. The emergency landing was made at Nawabshah at 1.17 p.m. and took off for New Delhi at 3.01 p.m. with all the passengers and crew, he added.

Meanwhile, the engineers and crew carried out the necessary repairs and the faulty plane took off for New Delhi at 4.05 p.m.

The CAA spokesman said, “The Defence Secretary, Nargis Sethi, had instructed the Director General of Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), Nadeem Khan Yousufzai, to extend every facility and assistance as they are guests and full hospitality be extended to them”.

It is vital to mention here that the Indian captain was offered use of the airport lounges for the flight’s 122 passengers and crew members but they refused.

India TV channel reported that in a gesture of goodwill, Pakistan had announced that all passengers will be issued transit visas. However, local media reported that the passengers refused to get off the plane and also did not accept the food offered by the airport authorities.

Spokesperson Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), Sultan Hasan, while talking to the media said, “We had offered full cooperation to them but the Airbus captain did not allow the passengers to disembark and requested just for drinking water”.

The passengers and crew later boarded the Air India Airbus 320 that had brought the engineers and technicians, and the plane left for New Delhi at 3.01 p.m.

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