Peshawar: Pakistan International Airlines flight narrowly escapes bigdisaster outbound Sharjah.
A Sharjah-bound Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight from Peshawaron Friday avoided a mishap after the plane encountered technical fault assoon as it took-off.
According to the aviation sources, the flight, PK-257, took off from BachaKhan International Airport in Peshawar with 100 passengers on-board butsoon encountered serious technical faults.
“All systems in the plane went down and even the front wheel could not beclosed despite repeated attempts from the pilot,” they said. “The shockabsorbers also encountered fault other than the tripping of auto-pilot andstand-by pilot options in the plane.”
The pilot, however, landed the plane safely to the airport, avoiding anymishap. Later, the national flag-carrier engineers also tried to sort outthe issues but their attempts remained futile.
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On Thursday, in a move to expand flight operationlink, the PIA inducted anAirbus-320 in its fleet, bringing the number of airbuses to 12.
The national flag-carrier is working on its business plan and recentlyinducted an Airbus-320 into its fleet on dry lease. The aircraft was handedover to the PIA. According to the PIA’s spokesman, another air-bus will beinducted into the PIA’s fleet on December 6.
Currently, the number of the fleet has jumped to 34, while PakistanInternational Airlines is planning to induct three more planes to its fleetin 2020.
