At least two passengers on board were injured when a Karachi-bound PIA’s flight PK-258 made an emergency landing in Qatar 15 minutes after taking off, from Doha airport, due to some technical fault, sources said. Karachi-bounded PK-258 flight made an emergency landing due to some technical fault in Qatar in which at least two passengers were injured , quoting PIA officials, a private TV news channel reported Friday.
Meanwhile, another PIA flight PK 582 bound for Lahore had to make emergency landing at Sheikh Zyed International airport about five minutes after the take-off as one of its engine had caught fire. According to PIA sources, all the 51 passengers on board the PK 582 and the crew members remained safe. ATC tower had received signal from the pilot that the aircraft would make emergency landing as the computer system indicated that one of the engines had caught fire.