KARACHI: A Dubai-bound PIA plane made an emergency landing at the Jinnah International Airport 10 minutes after it took off on Sunday night.
The national flag carrier’s spokesperson Mashhood Tajwar said PK-213 took off at 10:10pm, but when the pilot realised that there was a technical fault, he cut off the fuel supply and landed the plane. There was no fire as the fuel supply had been cut off and all the passengers are safe,” he added.
APP adds: a PIA passenger plane returned safely after 15 minutes of flight following an “engine problem” on Sunday night. This was stated by PIA spokesman of Mashood Tajwar here.
He said that the flight PK 213 that left Karachi for Dubai with 54 passengers onboard, returned to Karachi Airport after 15 minutes of take off following a fire in one of its engines. The fire was extinguished.
The PIA spokesman said that there was no fire in the engine when the plane landed back.“It was a normal landing and that the passengers and the plane remained safe”, the PIA spokesman added. He said that the plane is now parked on the bay and is being inspected.
