PIA flight faces emergency mishap at Beijing International Airport
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ISLAMABAD - A PIA flight faces emergency mishap at Beijing International Airport.
The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight’s emergency slide was activated during the loading of inflight meals at the Beijing airport, causing inconvenience to passengers and a delay of nearly three hours.
“PIA flight PK853 for the sector Tokyo-Beijing – Islamabad operated by Boeing 777 was parked at Beijing airport when emergency slide got activated,” according to an official statement issued on Friday.
The incident caused a delay of nearly three hours and “as per standard operating procedure the PIA had to offload nearly 50 passengers joining from Beijing along with their luggage, it added.
According to a PIA spokesperson, the offloaded passengers were informed about the cause of delay and had been provided with the hotel accommodation.
