Pakistan Pilot Refuses To Fly After Emergency Landing As His Shift Had Ended

Friday, 21 January 2022newsdesk
Pakistan Pilot Refuses To Fly After Emergency Landing As His Shift Had Ended
A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) pilot refused to fly any further after making an emergency landing on Sunday, saying that his shift had ended.

New Delhi, 21 January 2022

According to The Express Tribune, flight PK-9754 took off from Riyadh and was supposed to fly till Islamabad. However, bad weather forced the pilot to land in Dammam in Saudi Arabia. As per news report of NDTV, problems arose when the pilot refused to fly any further after making the emergency landing. Local media reported that the pilot - who has not been named - refused to continue the flight, claiming that his hours of duty had ended. Meanwhile, passengers inside the aircraft refused to deboard and began protesting against the delay in their journey. As the situation became more and more tense, Dammam airport security was called to bring it under control. Finally, stranded passengers were provided accommodation in a hotel until they could continue on their journey to Islamabad in Pakistan.

Source - NDTV

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