ISLAMABAD: The Civil Aviation Authority grounded six ATR planes of the Pakistan International Airlines.
“The CAA contended that the national airline was not checking the engine oil of the planes properly,” CAA officials informed and further ordered the airline to run an adequate check on the planes’ engines.
CAA directed PIA to have the ratio of metallic elements in engine oil of ATR planes checked through magnetic chip detector. PIA, after the CAA’s warning, acquired the tool.
The PIA in response said that it has completed the check on three of its planes, and the remaining ATRs will go through the examination process too.
The airline said that CAA cleared four of its plane after the oil check.
Following the Islamabad-bound ATR plane’s crash near Havelian, the national airline’s ATR planes have been going through proper scrutiny.
PIA ATR-42 aircraft operating flight PK-661 crashed on Dec 7, killing all 47 on board.
