Nearly half of the PIA fleet has been grounded because of poor maintenance of its old and outdated aircraft.
“The Pakistan International Airlines is facing grounding of highest ever number of 19 planes in its history,” a source told Dawn on Sunday.
Two PIA aircraft have been grounded after emergency landings in Leeds, UK, and Muscat recently.
Note: Leeds is incorrect. Should be Manchester as a PIA B777-200 diverted to Manchester enroute Toronto due to gear door issue.
Incident: PIA B772 over North Sea on Feb 24th 2013, gear door indication
There was an incident with a PIA aircraft at Leeds however. The PIA A310 AP-BDZ had a serious hydraulic leak just before the push back last night so its had to overnight to be fixed.
video of landing of PIA A310 at Leeds at Feb 23
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19 PIA planes grounded for poor maintenance