[REPORT] PIA’s Plane engine catches fire during take off in Multan [PIA response #5]

[Abdullah719]

MULTAN: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) ATR plane en-route to Karachi escaped disaster, Aaj News reported.

According to reports, one of the engine of PIA’s Karachi-bound flight caught fire soon after it left Multan airport.

However, Pilot of immediately landed the plane after informing control tower.

Reportedly, no one was injured in the incident.

Earlier on Wednesday, at least 47 people, including prominent Islamic figure Junaid Jamshed, were killed when a PIA flight crashed near Havelian, Abbottabad district.

http://aaj.tv/2016/12/pias-plane-engine-catches-fire-during-take-off-in-multan/

 

[Slog]

Unbelievable

Never taking PIA in my life now

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Just being reported now.

 

[dhump]

For the love of God PIA stop playing with human life this is not a joke.

Seriously people should stop using them this is getting beyond pathetic.

 

[Abdullah719]

General Manager Public Affairs / Spokesman Pakistan International Airlines:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Contrary to media reports neither of the 2 engines of PK-581 caught fire & pilots on the advice of ATC, decided not to take off <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/tags?src=hash">#tags</a> <a href="https://t.co/fYy8wrrdrm">pic.twitter.com/fYy8wrrdrm</a></p>— Danyal Gilani (@Danyal_Gilani) <a href="https://twitter.com/Danyal_Gilani/status/808015254831693825">December 11, 2016</a></blockquote>
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[Suleiman]

Oh my God, are they for real?

Just playing with people's lives like it's some sort of airplane simulator video game. If this was in the US or somewhere these idiots would've been buried under lawsuits and out of business by the families who lost their loved ones in the Chitral flight and now here.

Some real retar ds run the show in Pak in every industry that matters.

 

[WebGuru]

Some real retar ds run the show in Pak in every industry that matters.

What you expect when the biggest one sits in PM house?

 

[Syed1]

This is what happens when you have corrupt people running the show in every department.


Line se khara kar ke goliyan barsani chahye in par

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Every aspect of literally every single thing in Pakistan is corrupted to the core and would take decades to make it any better or notice a change.

 

[B@$!T]

Coincidentally today a plane in Finland landed with one engine after one failed due to technical fault, it was also a ATR.

http://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/t...afely_with_just_one_engine_in_joensuu/9346269

 

[Abdullah719]

PIA grounds all ATR planes as CAA orders shakedown tests

The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has decided to ground all 10 ATR planes in its fleet after a decision by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to hold shakedown tests of the aircraft, the airline said on Monday.

"It has been decided to keep all 10 ATR aircraft grounded till they are cleared after thorough examination," said a PIA press release.

The statement said the "temporary suspension of ATR operation" will affect PIA's flights to smaller airports like Gwadar, Turbat, Panjgur, Mohenjo Daro, Zhob, Bahawalpur, Dera Ghazi Khan, Chitral and Gilgit.

Passengers have been advised to check the status of their flights from the PIA call centre by dialing 111-786-786.

An ATR-42 flight of PIA grabbed headlines on Sunday night when its pilot aborted the take-off of the Multan-Karachi flight.

The plane, carrying 48 people, was grounded because of some fault in one of its engines.

PIA spokesman Danyal Gilani told Dawn the pilot observed some fault in an engine and brought the plane back to the bay after informing the air traffic control. He denied media reports that flight PK-581’s engine had caught fire.

The incident had come five days after a PIA ATR aircraft went down near Havelian killing all 47 people on board.

At a press conference recently, the PIA chairman said that the national flag carrier had been operating 11 ATRs before the plane crash on Wednesday.

The ATR 42-500 is a twin turboprop regional aircraft that carries 48 passengers in standard configuration. ATR aircraft are capable of operations on both paved and unpaved strips. The engines are built by US manufacturer Pratt & Whitney.

The company has so far declined to comment while Pakistani authorities investigate the causes of the crash.

Six-member team arrives

A six-member investigation team arrived in Islamabad on Monday to help probe the PK-661's Havelian crash of Dec 7, sources said.

The team is comprised of three Canadian officials and three French officials. The officials belong to France-based aircraft maker ATR and engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney.

The team will travel to the crash site on Tuesday and examine the plane wreckage.

http://www.dawn.com/news/1302030/pia-grounds-all-atr-planes-as-caa-orders-shakedown-tests