A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) home flight landed at the Lahore airport with one among its wheels missing, an official stated on Friday (March 14, 2025).
However, no untoward accident was reported as a result of Thursday morning incident, the official stated.
One of the rear wheels of PIA flight PK-306, which left from Karachi for Lahore, was missing when it landed at the Lahore airport, the official stated.
An investigation has been initiated into the incident, a PIA official informed PTI.
He added it was being probed whether or not the plane left Karachi with the “missing wheel” or obtained indifferent and fell through the take-off.
He stated some fragments of the wheel have been discovered at the Karachi airport.
“It appears that one of the rear wheels was in shabby condition when the aircraft took off,” the official stated.
A PIA spokesperson stated the PK-306 made a “smooth and uneventful landing” as per the schedule.
“Passengers disembarked as per routine. During a walk-around inspection by the aircraft captain, it was revealed that one out of the six-wheel assemblies on the main landing gear (rear) is missing,” he stated.
“As per the standard flight practices, the matter was taken up by PIA flight safety and the Lahore airport teams who are investigating the matter and will submit their report later,” the spokesperson stated.
The spokesperson additional stated the plane was designed trying into these contingencies and that no danger was posed to the gear and the passengers.
He stated the investigation workforce would additionally probe whether or not the wheel was stolen, whose chances are high in any other case slim.
Published – March 14, 2025 03:10 pm IST
