{"id":19984,"date":"2024-08-27T14:23:57","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T09:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=19984"},"modified":"2024-08-27T14:23:59","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T09:23:59","slug":"pia-flight-carrying-100-passengers-narrowly-escape-disaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2024\/08\/27\/pia-flight-carrying-100-passengers-narrowly-escape-disaster\/","title":{"rendered":"PIA flight carrying 100 passengers narrowly escape disaster"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>There was a technical problem in the flight from Islamabad to Skardu as the PIA plane took off from Islamabad to Skardu at 10:50 and the pilot announced that the plane was to be taken to Islamabad due to a technical problem but later diverted to Skardu without landing.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Technical problem in the flight from Islamabad to Skardu. The PIA flight took off from Islamabad to Skardu at 10:50 am. At 11:55 the pilot reported a technical fault in the plane<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The pilot told the plane to land back in Islamabad. A few minutes later, the pilot announced that the technical problem had been fixed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The pilot diverted the plane back to Skardu without landing in Islamabad. 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