Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Pakistan International Airlines ATR aircraft develops fault

KARACHI: One more ATR aircraft of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has become faulty, affecting domestic flights schedule severely.

Numerous flights are likely to be cancelled and delayed if the aircraft is not made operational soon.

Sources, who wished not to be named, said that malfunctioning of only one aircraft would cause 20 flights to be cancelled between September 21 and September 30.

They said that due to the change of engine in an ATR aircraft AP-BHJ, several flights have been suggested to be cancelled.

Three ATR aircraft of PIA broke down a few weeks ago. There was malfunctioning in the engines of two aircraft. The third crash-landed on Zhob airport after its engine caught fire.

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