New Delhi: A charter jet from India with a dozen people on board landed at Pakistan's Jinnah International Airport in Karachi on Monday, as per a media report, news agency PTI reported.
According to Geo News, the special flight took off from Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad and landed at Karachi Airport around 12:10 p.m. (local time).
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) acknowledged the development, stating that the foreign charter jet had flown in from India and had no further link to the country.
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The special flight took off shortly after arriving in Karachi, with 12 people on board. It is unclear why the jet arrived at Karachi International Airport, PTI reported.
The latest incident came after two Indian jets landed in Karachi last month owing to mechanical difficulties.
SpiceJet's Delhi-Dubai aircraft was diverted to Karachi on July 5 due to a mid-flight fuel indication malfunction. On July 17, an IndiGo aircraft from Sharjah to Hyderabad was diverted to Karachi as a precaution after pilots discovered a malfunction in one of the engines.
Bengaluru-Male Go First Flight Makes Emergency Landing In Coimbatore
Earlier on Friday, a Go First flight, flying from Bengaluru to Male, made an emergency landing in Coimbatore due to a ‘faulty’ smoke alarm. According to sources, the aircraft, with 92 passengers on board, was diverted after a smoke warning was detected.
According to the report, the alarm bell went off after the two engines allegedly overheated and the flight landed safely at the airport in Coimbatore.
The engineers checked the engines and said that there was some 'fault' in the alarm and declared that the aircraft was fit to travel.
Subsequently, it proceeded towards its destination, the sources added.
(With Inputs From PTI)