*ISLAMABAD – **Stunning Revelations made in the missing PIA Aircraft in2017 in the Supreme Court of Pakistan.*
*A PIA plane thought to have gone missing was actually sold, the nationalairline told the Supreme Court in a report submitted on Wednesday.*
The plane had completed its operable lifespan, officials said. The CAA gavepermission for it to be grounded, read the report.
The plane was grounded in 2016 and then used for a film shooting, thereport said. PIA was 210,000 Euros for the shooting.
The plane was then sold in Germany for $103,000 and the engine for $213,000.
When the present administration took charge NAB and the FIA was alreadyinvestigating the case. The report said PIA had completely cooperated withinvestigators.
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The NOC issued by the Pakistan Air Force for Air Marshal (retd) ArshadMalik to work as the PIA chief was also submitted in court.
The issue of the plane’s disappearance was first raised in the Senate in2017. The government had also formed a committee to investigate it.
A PIA official had told *Dawn *at the time that the plane had been chartedby a British company for a movie in Malta, following which the plane wasflown to Germany to be sold.
