Times of Islamabad

PIA aircraft narrowly escapes disaster near Islamabad Airport

PIA aircraft narrowly escapes disaster near Islamabad Airport

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan International Airline (PIA) flight PK-370 nearlyescaped a mishap after its windscreen developed some cracks mid-air.

The windscreen reportedly cracked due to low oxygen pressure in the cabin.Fortunately, the incident happened when the plane was close to the airportand it made a safe landing at the Islamabad International Airport onSaturday morning, local media reported.

The PK-370 was a local flight going from Karachi to Islamabad. The pilottook precautionary measures and landed the flight to the new IslamabadAirport. All passengers on board remained unhurt.