- Search operation initiated at Quetta Airport after pilot finds laser light targeting his plane
QUETTA
AGENCIES
The police Wednesday started a search operation in the precincts of Quetta Airport after a pilot complained of a laser light pointing at the plane while landing.
The sources revealed that the pilot of weekly flight from Mushad to Quetta PK-254 informed the control room about a burst of laser lights at the airliner while landing. The FC and police force, in turn, started the search operation in the adjacent areas of the airport.
The flight was later allowed to fly to Lahore after the area was declared clear by the law enforcement agencies.
In a recent incident, a PIA flight from Saudi Arabia was targeted with laser light and gunfire when it was landing at Peshawar’s Bacha Khan International Airport. A woman passenger was killed in the incident while two crew members were seriously injured in the attack.