A charter plane with 18 people on board crash landed at Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport on Friday. Two people were reportedly injured in the incident.
Reports said the plane had to make an emergency landing as soon as it took off. Rescue teams and Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) officials arrived at the scene and the runway was closed. In November last year, a Lahore-bound Shaheen Air flight, carrying 121 passengers and crew members, made an ‘emergency landing’ at the Allama Iqbal International Airport. It was initially reported that at least 10 passengers received ‘minor’ injuries when the plane landed due to tyre bursting, however, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) denied the claims and said all passengers remained unhurt and that flight NL-142 landed at the airport. In a short while, it went off the runway, the authority added. A medical report revealed that the pilot was intoxicated and fatigued at the time of landing.