Tuesday, January 13, 2009

London-bound plane makes emergency landing

"A London-bound Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight made an emergency landing on Monday at Benazir Bhutto Airport when its captain suffered a cardiac arrest around an hour after the take-off, Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) sources told Daily Times. Flight PK-785 - carrying 435 passengers - took off at 11:35 pm for London and was headed to its destination when captain Shaukat suffered the attack, prompting the co-pilot to make an emergency landing at 1:35 pm. Shaukat was given first aid soon after the plane touched down, and later shifted to Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) where he is in stable condition. The flight took off for London at 2:55 pm." - Daily Times

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