No passenger hurt or aircraft damaged as miscreants fired at PK-756 arriving from Riyadh
Unidentified miscreants opened fire at a landing flight of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) at Bacha Khan International Airport on Saturday night, however, the aircraft and passengers remained safe.
Unidentified gunmen had attacked another passenger aircraft earlier in June as it came in to land at the same airport, killing a woman and injuring two flight stewards on board.
Official sources said that PIA flight PK-756 from Riyadh was fired at between Sulemankhel and Mashokhel of Peshawar’s Badhber area.
Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) officials said that they have reports of firing but the flight landed safely without any injuries to the passengers. They said that they cannot officially confirm the attack.
Badhber Police said that they have heard and seen the gunfire and were investigating if the plane was attacked or it was a routine celebratory fire, common in the area.
Another security source said that light and short range weapons were used and the fire came from Sulemankhel area and it continued for about a minute. The security forces in the area targeted the firing spot and the attackers’ guns were silenced, the source added.
Security forces were dispatched to the area and launched a search operation.
It may be mentioned that Dara Adamkhel Taliban are reportedly planning to target military helicopters and war planes besides passenger aircrafts in Peshawar.
