Pia 742 On Fire At Jed!!!!
 

Hi,
A couple of relatives were on a flight from Jeddah to Lahore on PIA.....
Apparently,an engine caught fire above dammam or somewhere and the plane made an emergency landing at Jeddah.
Any more info?

If the aircraft had a fire over Dammam then the landing in Jed was hardly an emergency, considering the distance it travelled in the wrong direction. If it was an emergency the landing would have been done in Dammam or Dahran or even Bahrain. Suggest you take a look at the map.

I agree wrong direction for an emergency of this type.
Damman, Bahrain or a few more would have been the wise choice.
The Emergency problably was not as critical as someone told you.
Ground personel have a way of stretching things to make the story better.
No one in his right mind would return to JED with a fire on board from this far out!

All internal combustion engines are on fire...hopefully on the inside bit only of course.....sounds a bit far-fetched to me....:bored:

Interesting TOPIC title.............. Do you work for a UK tabloid newspaper????


Mutt.

Either that or CNN!!!!!:yuk: :yuk: :}

Actually I work for a ... lets just say a middle eastern paper........
So does anyone have any details or not?

Why not ring PIA and ask them rather than try to get some reply, from sources unknown on the internet.
Must be a great paper you work for if this is how you do your research!!!!
Don

Well I like to hear the news from the SV crews who hang around here...
Hey guys do you think I could get a job at 'The Mirror'?

When you heard the story in the first place did you not stop to think about how stupid the whole idea was? How could an aircraft have an emergency overhead an airport with massively long runways, turn around and fly all the way back to it's point of departure. With that kind of reasoning the Beano is the publication for you.

Its True...
 

Guys he is telling the truth...I heard the same story from a good source. Amazing isn't it!! Apparently Elvis was on board as well..hey SV, did your rellos get an autograph:D

Who is this bloke Elvis he keeps popping up :D

max AB, if Elvis was on board wouldn't they have returned to Sender?:D

Uh....I think it was the Red Sea...oh well......
Elvis was in the cockpit so unfortunately my relatives didnt get an autograph....maybe next time.