Bird strike forces Doha-bound aircraft to land in Multan

Author: Agencies

A Doha-bound Airbus A-320 aircraft from Multan made an emergency landing at the Multan airport following a bird strike on Sunday.

According to reports, the Gulf Air GF-789 flight was safely landed at the Multan airport and all passengers were evacuated following a technical landing made by the aircraft just after taking off.

According to airport officials, the plane received partial damages in its engine during the incident. The plane was grounded and a team of engineers was called for its repair.

The passengers were shifted to the airport lounge and they would fly again towards their destination after completion of the repair, sources said.

In a separate incident on Sunday morning, a citizen died of a cardiac arrest in the parking area of the Peshawar airport.

The deceased person was identified as Nazeer Khan, who was immediately shifted to a hospital by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) officials for medical treatment, but unfortunately, he couldn’t survive the heart attack.

According to CAA officials, Nazeer Khan hailed from Karak and had arrived at the airport to receive a passenger coming through a Qatar Airways flight.

On April 23, an aircraft of a private airline had made an emergency landing on a rough surface near the runway at the Peshawar airport due to bad weather. However, all passengers remained safe.

The pilot demonstrated professionalism to safeguard the lives of passengers and landed the aircraft safely. Air operations were briefly halted after the landing. The flight (PK-613) was coming from Sharjah.