A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight along the way from Lahore to Dubai narrowly slack a major accident after a bird attack. The incident took place as the bird collided with the engine of the Airbus aircraft on flight PK 203.
The captain immediately contacted the air traffic controller and requested permission for an emergency landing. The aircraft, carrying over 150 passengers, was probably landed by the captain.
Pia’s engineering team will be sent from Karachi via Flight PK 304 to Lahore Airport for further inspection. The team performs a boreoscopic inspection to assess any damage to the aircraft’s engine caused by bird attacks.
Earlier, Pia resumed his aircraft to the European Union (EU) and hoped to regain aircraft operations to the United Kingdom (UK) after a hiatus of over four years.
Sources revealed that the British Security Committee was set to review Pia’s request for resumption at a meeting on March 12.
The meeting will include the presentation of the latest audit reports from both Pia and Civil Aviation Authority Pakistan. If approved, direct aircraft to the UK would be restored.
Pia’s leadership remained optimistic with regard to the approval and had prepared a plan to immediately resume flights to London, Manchester and Birmingham upon receipt of approval.
A two-member Pia team had recently returned to Pakistan after evaluating preparations for operations in the UK.
The EU and the UK had introduced a temporary ban on Pia in June 2020 following a revelation in the Pakistani parliament on pilots who have false licenses. Pia’s aircraft operations to the EU were resumed on January 11.
