A plane carrying dozens of people collided with a fire truck late Sunday on a runway at New York’s LaGuardia airport, killing the pilot and co-pilot and forcing a halt to flights, authorities and US media reported. AFP pictures showed the heavily damaged nose and cockpit section of the Air Canada Express plane, which had […]
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Punjab launches pilot project for underground power lines in Lahore
The Punjab government has launched practical measures to prevent short circuits and fatal accidents caused by hazardous overhead power cables, with Lahore selected for the first phase of a comprehensive underground cabling initiative. Chairing a special meeting, Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif approved a citywide plan to remove dangling and unsafe electricity wires, directing that […]
Pilots on Ethiopian airlines flight reportedly fall asleep, miss landing
Two pilots with Africa’s largest airline reportedly fell asleep at the controls and missed their window to land while flying into Ethiopia’s capital. The Boeing 737-80 was en route to Ethiopia from Sudan on Monday when the pilots dozed off, causing the aircraft to fly past the runway at Addis Ababa Bole International Airport. Air […]
Imran Khan’s pilot getting death threats: Asad Umer
PTI leader Asad Umer has said that the pilot who flies the plane used by Chairman Imran Khan is getting threats. According to details, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader took to Twitter and said that the pilot of PTI chairman Imran Khan’s plane getting threatening phone calls from unknown sources. Asad Umer wrote, ‘pilot flying @ImranKhanPTI […]
Meet youngest Pakistani commercial pilot – Awais Haider Butt
When his other classmates were planning to swarm downtown hangouts or fly abroad for chill time once their A level papers were over, Awais Haider Butt, however, was thinking about checking in to an aviation academy to take his long awaited flight. Right after one week of A levels paper, Awais Haider Butt took his […]
PALPA chief slams PIA as ‘drunk’ pilot cleared of charges
Pakistan Air Lines Pilot Association (PALPA) President, Capt Rizwan Gondal, on Tuesday, strongly deplored the irresponsible and unfair accusation of intoxication levelled by the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Management on its respectable pilot, Capt Pir Omar Khayyam, who has now been cleared by the Civil Aviation Authority. In a statement issued, Capt Gondal noted that […]