A flight from New Delhi to Dubai has made an emergency landing at Jinnah International Airport in Karachi. Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) sp...
A flight from New Delhi to Dubai has made an emergency landing at Jinnah International Airport in Karachi.
Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) spokesman Saif-ur-Rehman confirmed that an oil leak had been reported in a Boeing 737 flying from New Delhi, after which an emergency landing was made while repairs were underway.
The CAA official added that about 100 passengers on board had been safely transferred to the transit lounge.
Confirming the development, SpiceJet said on its Twitter page that the operating flight 'SG-11', which was en route from Delhi to Dubai, had been diverted to Karachi due to a technical glitch where the plane made a safe landing. And all the passengers are well.
Also, according to the report of Indian broadcaster NDTV, SpiceJet flight B737 had taken off from Delhi Airport but due to faulty indicator light, it was diverted to Karachi in the middle of the journey. ۔
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The NDTV report quoted the airline's statement as saying that the Indian flight landed safely in Karachi and passengers were safely disembarked from the plane.
The report further stated that no emergency was declared during the landing of the flight and the aircraft landed as usual while no technical malfunction was reported in the aircraft before the flight.
The statement assured that an alternative plane has been sent to Karachi which will take the passengers to Dubai.
On the other hand, referring to the Directorate General of Aviation Regulation of the Civil Aviation, it has been said that the pilots of the plane noticed an abnormal decrease in the amount of fuel in it and they suspected leakage and leakage of fuel. No evidence of fuel leakage was found after the landing.
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In addition, the CAA spokesman said that all flight operations at Jinnah International Airport Karachi are running as usual.
Earlier this year, a flight from the Indian capital New Delhi to Doha, the capital of Qatar, made an emergency landing at Karachi's Jinnah International Airport due to a technical glitch.
According to civil aviation officials, Qatar Airways flight QR579 was en route from Delhi to Doha when the captain found a smoke signal in the cargo hold of the plane, which caused the flight to take off at Karachi Airport.
Authorities said the flight, which included 283 passengers and 12 crew members, was parked on runway number one and the passengers were shifted to a transit lounge.
It may be recalled that in 2016, an Indian private airline plane made an emergency landing at Karachi Airport.
Airport Manager Karachi Nisar Brohi while confirming the landing of the Indian plane at Karachi Airport had said that the plane made an emergency landing at Karachi Airport with Pakistani air traffic control after a passenger fell ill during the flight from New Delhi to Doha. Permission was sought.
After getting permission to land, the Indian Airlines plane landed at Karachi Airport where Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) doctors examined the Indian passenger.
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