*RIYADH – Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is again in the news yetfor the wrong reasons.*
*As per media report, PIA flight departed for Islamabad from Madina airportleaving at least 40 passengers behind.*
Sources said the PIA flight (PK-714) took off from Madina airport leaving40 passengers*, *including women, behind to fend for themselves.
The passengers expressed anger and anguish at PIA officials over theirnegligence and causing hardships for them.
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Sources at the airport said the plane was small due to which thesepassengers couldn’t be accommodated. They claimed that the national flagcarrier had not even arranged for a hotel for the stranded passengers tostay until they are brought back home by another flight.
It is pertinent to mention here that Prime Minister Imran Khan earlier onJan 1 directed the PIA chairman to devise a comprehensive business plan toovercome losses incurred by the national flag carrier.
