Foreign aircraft forced to return after unauthorised entry into Pakistan airspace
Last updated on: 20 November,2019 01:51 pm
The aircraft returned upon a warning by the ATC.
KARACHI (Dunya News) – A timely intervention by the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority’s (CAA) Air Traffic Controller (ATC) forced a foreign aircraft to return back after it entered into Pakistani airspace without authorisation.
Sources familiar with the matter told the media that the aircraft had entered into the airspace near Karachi from Muscat.
When authorities asked its pilot for the permit and the code to enter into the airspace, the pilot refused to do so.
The aircraft returned upon a warning by the ATC.