Air India plane leaves Pakistan after repair
All passengers onboard the international aircraft were reported safe. — File Photo by Reuters
NAWABSHAH: An Air India flight heading for New Delhi from Abu Dhabi with 130 passengers and crew on board which made a technical landing early Monday morning at the Nawabshah Airport after developing a technical fault has returned after the necessary repairs carried out by Indian engineers who came in another aircraft from New Delhi.
This was stated by the spokesman of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), Pakistan, Pervez George, here on Monday.
He said that on the request of the captain of the aircraft another plane along with eight engineers and technicians were sent from India.
That plane landed at Nawabshah at 1.17 p.m. and took off for New Delhi at 3.01 p.m. with all the passengers and crew.
In the meantime, the engineers and crew carried out the necessary repairs and the faulty plane took off for New Delhi at 4.05 p.m.
The CAA spokesman said that the Defence Secretary, Nargis Sethi, had instructed the Director General of Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), Nadeem Khan Yousufzai, to extend every facility and assistance as they are guests and full hospitality be extended to them.
The Indian captain was offered use of the airport lounges for the flight’s 122 passengers and eight crew, an official said, but refused.
“We had offered full cooperation to them but the Airbus captain did not allow the passengers to disembark and requested just for drinking water,” said Sultan Hasan, spokesman for the state-run Pakistan International Airlines
The passengers and crew later boarded the Air India Airbus 320 that had brought the engineers and technicians, and the plane left for New Delhi at 3.01 p.m.
Meanwhile, after the necessary repairs, the plane that had made technical landing at Nawabshah also left for New Delhi at 4.05 p.m., the CAA spokesman added.
Thanks for the hospitality.. an Indian
Let us look only at the positive side – of the Pakistani gesture and not bother about the small issue regarding the action of the Captain , without knowing under what condition he took that action !!!
i AM PROUD TO BE A PAKISTANI AND AM EXTREMELY HAPPY TO GO THRU COMMENTS FROM OUR INDIANS BROTHERS ABOUT OUR HOSPITALITY… I WAS BORN IN SURAT INDIA AND HAVE BEEN LIVING IN KARACHI SINCE 1948.. PRESENTLY OUR MOVES FROM BOTH SIDES INDICATE BUILDING UP FRIENDSHIP SETTING ASIDE ALL THE INDIFFERENCES. MAY ALMIGHTY BRING US TOGETHER AGAIN AND KEEP IT THAT WAY
AMEN
most of common people from both country are having respect & love for each other. It is our politicians who are still running the divide & rule policy.
Chaman me chha gaye jo rang -o- boo to baat banti hai….
Hamhi ham hain to kya ham hain, tumhi tum ho to kya tum ho..
Feeling proud of both my Indian brothers and those on the other side of the border. Every day I come on the dawn and the exchange of hate which takes place here disturbs me a lot…and i leave without any comment.
But today i am commenting here with all my pride…..salute to the spirit of people on both sides of the border. Keep it on and say no to dirty politics. Fighting will yield NOTHING AT ALL…..
And as a foody, I really want to taste that biryani….I attempted it after it was shown on pakistan food safari…it tasted great….
Its very encouraging to read all the positive comments here. Being a Pakistani, I'm proud that our government extended full cooperation to our neighbours. I hope and pray that such level of love and mutual friendship continues to flourish between the two nations even more. Ameen.
Chak day Pakistan. Chak day India.
There should be a friendly circket match between India & Pakistan at Nawabshah.
i think the captain should have allowed them to disembark…given the pakistani hospitality there would have been no international code of conduct that matter…the captain might have been under pressure from delhi …so it may not be his fault…so I guess the culprit is the current state of affairs between both our countries.
It is a sad state of affairs between India and Pakistan when Indians feel they should thank Pakistan for simply doing something civil and humane! No need to thank us, Indian brothers, this is how neighbours are SUPPOSED to be with one another!
amit u r not even your own meet( friend).all u gather is hate.when u grow up don't be a sorry excuse for being a human.be nice to others.
Really thankful for Pakistan's gesture.
the relation between India and Pakistan should be as strong as b/w america and canada
Thank you Pakistan for the hospitality shown towards the stranded Indian passengers. Growing up in Mumbai I witnessed several communal riots between Muslims and Hindus and always thought that these 2 section of the society can never co exit peacefully. How wrong I was ? Having lived outside of India for last 20 years met so many good Pakistanis/Muslims changed my views. I think there are good Pakistanis as well as Indians. We as a nation should come together and work towards uplifting the life's of average citizens.
amit u have no other purpose in life .in all forums from cnn to this and all in between u spew venom against Pakistan . u think this is being Indian.look in the mirror u must be ugly like your thoughts and comments.
Some day, I want to go on a train from Karachi to Dhaka without any one asking to see my passport, visas and such like as I can from Berlin to Paris. This is incident brings me to my goal one day nearer. Well done Pakistan.
Extremely Wonderful gesture by Pakistan.
Hopefully some day in our life, people will have access to each country and travel freely with facilities such as Visa on Arrival. Looking forward to that day and willing to visit Pakistan.
thank you pakistan
this vill definatley help our countries to bring together.