KARACHI – Two Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) planes nearly escaped amid-air collision while flying at the same altitude in Iranian airspace.
A PIA flight PK-211, a Boeing 777 from Islamabad to Dubai, and anotherPK-268, Airbus A320 from Doha to Peshawar, witnessed an extraordinarysituation near the border of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and it couldhave led to a major accident due to alleged negligence of the Iranian airtraffic control, Dawn News reported.
The Iranian ATC reportedly cleared the altitude for two Pakistani carriersto fly at the same time.
The Boeing 777 was flying at an altitude of 35,000 feet while Airbus A320was at 36,000 feet on the same route when they came dangerously close toeach other.
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At that time, Traffic Collision Avoidance System (TCAS), a system installedin planes to avoid such collisions, issued an alert and a plane wasdirected to dive while the other went up further.
A PIA spokesperson told the publication that the national carrier issending a letter to the Iranian ATC to probe the matter.
