An aircraft of India’s Indigo Airlines made an emergency landing at Pakistan’s Karachi airport on Sunday due to a technical problem. The plane was travelling from Sharjah, UAE to Hyderabad Deccan in India. This is the second Indian airline to make an emergency landing in Karachi in 2 weeks.
After the pilot of the Sharjah-Hyderabad flight observed a technical defect in the aircraft, as a precaution the aircraft was diverted to Karachi, Pakistan. An additional flight is being sent to Karachi to fly the passengers to Hyderabad
IndiGo airlines statement.
Karachi airport is the least expected destination for Indian airlines due to political tension environment between the two South Asian neighbours.
According to the sources the plane was an Airbus 320 which had 180 passengers on board. Passengers of this faulty flight have been transferred to the transit lounge of the airport and were provided breakfast by Pakistani authorities.
Earlier this month SpiceJet’s Delhi-Dubai flight was diverted to Karachi on 5 July as the fuel indicator started malfunctioning. The Boeing 737 Max aircraft made an emergency landing at Karachi airport at around 9:15 am after the Pakistani Civil Aviation Authorities permitted the Indian plane to land at the Jinnah International Airport on humanitarian grounds.