According to the report, when the pilots first tried to land the aircraft, its engines hit the ground, which led to the system supplying lubricant to the engines shutting down. The report said that “engine failure” eventually led to the crash.
"Our job is 98% done," Privatisation Minister Fawad Hasan Fawad said when asked about the plan to sell the airline. "The remaining 2% is just to bring it on an Excel sheet after the cabinet approves it."
PIA said air hostesses aged above 50 years should be among the crew members of flights to Canada and other international routes. This restriction aims to reduce the risk of older flight attendants slipping away as they may be more susceptible to the allure of better job prospects in these regions.
A Pakistani flight entered the Indian airspace and remained in it for 11 minutes.
An aircraft-shaped balloon with 'PIA' written on it was recovered by J&K police in the Khour area on Sunday.
Once again, an aircraft-shaped balloon with Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) written on it found in Bhalwal area of Jammu on March 16.
The issues of licenses surfaced in the wake of the tragic crash of a PIA plane in Karachi on May 22, killing about 95 people, when Minister of Aviation Ghulam Sarwar Khan told media that 260 of the country's 860 active pilots had either fake licenses or had cheated in their exams.
According to sources, the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) CEO had approved the changes in meal service which had come into force from Monday onwards.
Three officials of Pakistan's Civil Aviation Authority have been sacked for their alleged involvement in the fake flying licence scandal in the country's national carrier, Pakistan International Airlines, according to a media report on Thursday.
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has sacked 74 more employees for having fake degrees, engaging in drug smuggling and for poor performance, according to a media report.
Pakistan International Airlines, hit by revelations of fake licences of some of its pilots, will partially resume its flights to the UK from August 14 using a hired Portuguese plane, according to a media report on Thursday.
The decision about the remaining 73 pilots is expected within the next two days as the aviation division says it is taking all measures/decisions after a "double check".
Pakistan’s state-run airline said Thursday it will ground 150 pilots, accusing them of obtaining licenses by having others take exams for them after a probe into last month’s crash that killed 97 people in Karachi.
The families of the 97 people who died in the May 22 Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane crash have expressed reservations about the DNA testing carried out at the Sindh Forensic DNA and Serology Laboratory (SFDL) at the University of Karachi.
The Pakistan government has formed a joint investigation team to probe the last month's plane crash in Karachi that killed 98 people. The joint investigation team (JIT) was constituted on Friday
When Zain Polani was flying back to Karachi from Lahore on Friday with his wife and three sons to celebrate Eid together, little did he know that it would be the last journey for the five-member family.
Pakistan plane crash: A 'blackbox' is a device that collects recent flight data and voices in the cockpit. Flight PK-8303 was landing at Karachi airport on Friday when it crashed in a residential area.
The PIA plane which crashed on Friday has only two survivors -- one of whom is Bank of Punjab top executive Zafar Masud. His roots are in western Uttar Pradesh's Amroha and he belongs to the family of Kamal Amrohi of "Pakeezah" fame.
At least 57 people died on Friday when a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane with 107 people on board crashed near the Jinnah International Airport. Flight PK-8303, traveling from Lahore to Karachi, was about to land when it crashed at the Jinnah Garden area near Model Colony in Malir, just a minute before its landing.
Pakistan Plane Crash: A video has now emerged showing dramatic footage of the crash site. The second plane was landing at Karachi Airport moments after the crash.
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