Summary Technical problems caused the flight bound from Karachi to Lahore to land at Multan airport.
MULTAN (Dunya News) – Passengers on Monday night were extremely distressed by two separate incidents of flight delay, protesting against the prolonged wait and the administartion s passivity and inaction in resolving the issues.
Passengers stranded at Multan airport on Monday night were flown to Lahore following a 10 hour delay in the flight of a private airline originally bound for Lahore from Karachi. Passengers had earlier protested severely against the lengthy stoppage and blocked the exit gates of domestic lounge. Dunya News came to the rescue, becoming the voice of the frustrated and perturbed passengers as the administration finally came into action and resolved the issue by shifting the passengers to an alternate aircraft.
According to the details, the private airlines flight bound for Lahore from Karachi was landed at Multan airport due to some technical problems. However the flight to Lahore could not be resumed even after a wait of 10 hours.
The administration remained adamant on sending the passengers to Lahore by bus. However the passengers stubbornly refused the administration’s decision.
Airport administration in light of the situation called in a heavy contingent of Airport Security Force (ASF) to deal with any untoward incidents. Action was finally taken after Dunya News reported the incident.
Meanwhile in a separate incident of delay, Passengers of a private airline on Monday night strongly protested at Lahore’s Allama Iqbal International Airport as a flight bound for Jeddah from Lahore experienced a severe delay. Dunya News reported the incident and once again became the voice of the distraught passengers after which the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) took notice of the inconvenience and advised the airline’s administration to offer accommodation to its 300 passengers in a hotel for the night. The flight’s revised expected departure time for Jeddah is now said to be 10am Tuesday.
The private airline s flight carrying 300 passengers was expected to depart for Jeddah at 6pm Monday evening. However, passengers were forced to wait for more than seven hours due to the unavailability of an aircraft at Lahore’s airport which was to fly the travelers to their destination.
The airline’s administration has assured that the passengers are being shifted to a hotel for the night.
Passengers expressed their gratitude to Dunya News for reporting the incident and helping the distressed travelers.
