A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight from Multan to Jeddah on Thursday made an emergency landing at the Muscat Airport after developing a technical fault soon after it took off.
Well-placed sources said PIA’s Boeing-777 pilot made contact with the air traffic controller at the Muscat airport, after the development of a technical fault, warning alarms of the cargo gate of the Boeing 777 started ringing due to overload, which forced the pilot to make the landing.
After clearance from the ATC at the Muscat airport, the PIA’s aircraft was allowed to make the landing. As many as seven tonnes of the luggage of the passengers were offloaded.
