Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) spokesperson said on Thursday that while landing at Peshawar’s Bacha Khan International Airport, the landing gear of a Saudia Airlines aircraft caught fire, but there was no casualty in the incident.
The spokesman said in a statement that Saudia Airlines Flight After 792 landed at Peshawar Airport, the air traffic controller noticed smoke and sparks in the left landing gear. After which the air traffic controller informed the pilot regarding this.
The Civil Aviation Air Traffic Controller immediately informed the fire and rescue services who reached the spot in time, the statement said.
The CAA spokesperson said that ‘fire tenders took timely action and immediately controlled the fire in the landing gear and saved the plane from a major accident.’
All 276 passengers and 21 crew members got off the plane safely through the inflatable slide, the spokesman said.
Saudia Airlines said in its statement that the experts are now technically evaluating the plane.
Saudia Airlines said in a statement that tests will be conducted along with repair work and a comprehensive inspection of the aircraft to ensure safety.
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This flight was coming from Riyadh to Peshawar.
Earlier on June 1, Hajj Flight PK 839 of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) had to make an emergency landing at Riyadh Airport due to ‘high temperature warning’.
However, according to the PIA spokesperson, this warning was proved false.
According to PIA spokesman Abdullah Khan, a high temperature warning came in the cargo cabin of the aircraft during the flight, following which the flight was diverted from Jeddah and landed at Riyadh Airport.
The PIA spokesperson further said that ‘following checking the aircraft, the high temperature warning was found to be false and the flight was once more diverted to Jeddah.’
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2024-07-11 20:11:42
