KARACHI: ARY News reported on Friday that due to inadequate maintenance andrepair work, numerous Boeing 777 aircraft belonging to PakistanInternational Airlines (PIA), the national flag carrier, experiencedtechnical issues during international flights.
Sources mentioned that the airline’s engineering department’s neglect ofmaintenance and repairs has led to a continuous increase in technicalfaults in PIA aircraft.
These faults not only pose flight safety risks but also create passengerinconveniences and financial problems for the airline. Further reportsreveal that during flights to Saudi Arabia, multiple Boeing 777 aircraftencountered technical problems, resulting in the expenditure of millions ofdollars on repairs.
One recent incident involved a fault in the auxiliary power unit (APU)exhaust of flight PK-760 from Jeddah to Lahore. This led to a plane delayof more than a day as the aircraft was grounded due to the fault.
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This incident followed another on the same day, where smog warnings weretriggered in the cockpit of another PIA aircraft scheduled to travel fromSialkot to Jeddah. The PIA spokesperson assured that passengers from thegrounded plane would soon depart from Lahore to Jeddah.
