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An Ethiopian Airlines plane was forced to make an emergency landing in Lahore on Saturday after two passengers came to blows on board.
The Boeing 777 jet was heading to Beijing from Addis Ababa when two passengers got into a brawl during the flight, airport sources said.
The plane, which was carrying more than 300 passengers, made an emergency landing at Allama Iqbal International Airport around 10:40 am.
Upon landing, the two men were arrested by the Airport Security Force (ASF). The two passengers, with bruises on their faces, were also taken for medical inspection.
The plane will take off for Beijing after clearance from airport authorities.
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Mar 18, 2017 12:20pm
I dont know we have kept these people or sent them back
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Mar 18, 2017 12:32pm
I had seen this flight when i was going to office near airport. The exact time was 9.45 AM.
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Mar 18, 2017 01:05pm
Ethiopian Airline is one the best airlines of Africa and an example for PIA, being highly profitable airline of the world's highly depressed nation. Ethiopia is in serious famine since a long but, its airline flies the most uptodate modern planes and serves a high quality generous foods in flights.
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Mar 18, 2017 01:50pm
Fight in the sky, new height of entertainment
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Mar 18, 2017 03:35pm
@M.Saeed
You are absolutely right. I traveled with them 3 times from London to Addis and each time they were perfect.
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Mar 18, 2017 05:53pm
Had it been over UK it would have been escorted by fighter jets.
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Mar 18, 2017 05:51pm
Eithopia airline is managed by their Army
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Mar 18, 2017 06:00pm
Human nature never changes be on ground or in the air, always fighting for one thing or another. Never satisfied.
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Mar 18, 2017 06:25pm
@M.Saeed Better than PIA for sure for overall I think Kenya Airways take the cake. They are slightly expensive than Ethiopian but have better ground handling and airport services. Your point however is well taken - Ethiopia is growing rapidly it still however lags behind Pakistan if you compare the overall development indicators - yet their airline is doing much better than our PIA despite of the fact Pakistani expatriates across the world are in millions who can be a major enabler for PIA's international operations
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Mar 18, 2017 06:38pm
This should bring extra revenue for Lahore Airport for their inconvenience.
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Mar 21, 2017 03:54am
Stupid chinese fighting on the plane
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