RIYADH: A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight left 40 passengers stranded at Medina airport and departed for Islamabad.
PIA flight (PK-714) took off from Medina airport, leaving 40 passengers, including women, behind to fend for themselves. The passengers expressed anger and anguish at PIA officials over their negligence and causing hardships for them.
Sources at the airport said that the plane was small due to which these passengers could not be accommodated. They claimed that the national flag-carrier had not even arranged a hotel for the stranded passengers to stay until they are brought back home by another flight.
It is pertinent to mention here that Prime Minister Imran Khan, earlier on January 1, had directed the PIA chairman to devise a comprehensive business plan to overcome losses incurred by the national flag-carrier.
