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Pakistan: PIA orders cabin crew to wear undergarments in bizarre circular
Fp Staff • 3 years agoIn the issued circular, it has also been said by the PIA that both men and women should wear clothes according to the cultural and national environment of Pakistan
PIA, first foreign commercial flight since Taliban takeover, lands in Kabul
• 4 years agoKabul airport was left trashed after foreign forces completed their chaotic withdrawal on 30 August, evacuating more than 120,000 people from the country.
EU's air safety agency suspends Pakistan airliners PIA and Vision Air International from flying to Europe for six months over safety concerns
Fp Staff • 5 years agoThe EASA took the decision due to concerns about Pakistan's ability to ensure compliance with international aviation standards at all times, reports said.
Ahead of last month's Karachi plane crash, pilots chatted about coronavirus and ignored safety alerts, says aviation minister
• 5 years agoThe pilots of a Pakistani airliner that crashed last month in Karachi were busy talking about the coronavirus and repeatedly ignored directions from air traffic controllers before their plane went down, killing 98 people, Pakistan’s aviation minister said Wednesday
Pakistan plane crash: PIA aircraft 'jolted' thrice while landing, pilot 'adroitly lifted' it off the ground, recounts survivor
• 5 years agoZubair, 24, was among 99 passengers on board the PIA Airbus A-320 aircraft that plunged into a densely populated residential area near the airport in Karachi on Friday, killing 97 people, including nine children.
Pakistan plane crash: PIA flight PK8303 crashes in Karachi after losing engine; two rescued, 66 dead as search for survivors continues
Fp Staff • 5 years agoA Pakistan Airlines jetliner carrying 98 people crashed Friday in a crowded neighborhood near the airport in Karachi after an apparent engine failure during landing
Pakistan Plane Crash Updates: Local media says 35 bodies recovered so far, at least three survivors onboard PK8303 shifted to hospitals
Fp Staff • 5 years agoPakistan Plane Crash LIVE Updates: Airworthiness documents showed the plane last received a government check on Nov. 1, 2019. PIA’s chief engineer signed a separate certificate April 28 saying all maintenance had been conducted. It said “the aircraft is fully airworthy and meets all the safety” standards, news agency AP reported.
'We have lost engines...' PIA pilot told ATC, reveals audio clip, before PK8303 crash landed in Karachi residential area
Fp Staff • 5 years agoBefore sending the SOS call, Pakistan International Airline flight PK8303's pilot had told the ATC that the plane had lost the engines
Jeddah-bound Pakistani commercial flight, with 200 passengers on board, makes emergency landing in Lahore after engine catches fire
• 6 years agoA major tragedy was averted on Sunday when an agile pilot successfully landed a Pakistan International Airlines flight carrying about 200 passengers onboard after one of its engines caught fire minutes after take-off.
Woman aboard PIA Manchester-Islamabad flight opens emergency exit door after mistaking it for toilet
• 6 years agoA woman passenger, aboard a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight, sparked panic after she mistakenly opened the emergency exit door of the aircraft thinking it was the toilet