KARACHI: An aircraft of Pakistan has been stranded at an African airportfor the last 55 hours due to a technical fault.
Millions per hour are being charged to the national exchequer, The News hasreported.
The PIA spokesperson said that the plane was used as a chartered flight,therefore, the department which had chartered the plane would correct itsfault and hoped that the plane would be able to take off in a day or two.
According to the details received, PIA plane Boeing 777, with registrationno APBHW, had to take nearly 400 pilgrims to Jeddah on August 6 but fromJeddah, the same flight had to take the Askari Aviation’s armed personnel,including high officials to Sialkot.