The second such incident this month occurred when an Indian airliner carrying 186 passengers from Sharjah made an emergency landing at Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport after reporting a ‘technical fault’ in the early hours of Sunday, according to Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) spokesman Saif-ur-Rehman.
After requesting clearance from the air control tower at 2:14 am, the IndiGo airline plane, which was headed for Hyderabad Deccan, ‘safely’ landed at the Karachi airport, the official stated. The passengers were permitted to exit the aircraft and were then led to the transit lounge. After completing the relevant processes, an alternative aircraft of the Indian airline arrived at the Karachi airport from Ahmedabad to transport passengers to their destinations.
The CAA spokesman estimated that the process would take an hour or so to complete. Flight 6E-1406, which was its route from Sharjah to Hyderabad Deccan, was diverted to Karachi, according to a statement from the airline IndiGo, after the pilot ‘discovered a technical defect’. The airline said that necessary procedures were taken, and the aircraft was redirected to Karachi as a precaution. It also mentioned that the plane was currently the subject of an investigation at the Karachi airport.
IndiGo Sharjah-Hyderabad flight diverted to Pak’s Karachi after pilot reported technical defect in the aircraft which is being examined at the airport.Airline is planning to send another aircraft to Karachi.
This is the 2nd Indian airline to make a landing in Karachi in 2 weeks pic.twitter.com/XbUcgNOzBs
— ANI (@ANI) July 17, 2022
An emergency landing at the Karachi airport was also performed earlier this month by a flight from New Delhi to Dubai carrying about 100 people after it reported an ‘oil leak’. On its Twitter account, SpiceJet acknowledged the development but emphasized that there had been no emergency declared and that the landing was standard. According to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, the pilots noticed an unexpected decrease in fuel supply and thought there might be a leak.
After the plane landed, however, there was no sign of a fuel leak. After reviewing recent occurrences, including an aircraft’s emergency landing at Karachi airport, India’s aviation authority issued a warning notice to SpiceJet the next day, noting that the airline had ‘poor internal safety monitoring and inadequate maintenance activities’.
Two recent flight occurrences have called into question the safety of Indian airlines, and the DGCA has already requested an investigation into the increasing frequency of emergency landings. There are no direct flights between India and Pakistan because they are rivals. Any traveler who wishes to visit either of the countries must first visit one of the Middle Eastern states, such as Dubai, Abu Dhabi, or Sharjah, and then change flights to visit either of the countries. Even a tourist visa for either of the nations is not available to regular citizens
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