A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) home flight landed at Lahore airport with a missing wheel, as confirmed by an official. The incident occurred throughout Thursday morning’s touchdown.
The PIA flight PK-306, travelling from Karachi to Lahore, was found to have a missing rear wheel upon touchdown at Lahore airport, in line with the official.
A PIA official knowledgeable information company PTI that an investigation had commenced. They are inspecting whether or not the plane departed Karachi with out the wheel or if it indifferent throughout take-off. “It appears that one of the rear wheels was in shabby condition when the aircraft took off,” the official stated.
Meanwhile, a PIA spokesperson said that Airlines’ flight security and Lahore airport groups are investigating the incident and can current their findings. He assured that the plane’s design accounts for such conditions, making certain passenger and gear security. The investigation can even take into account the unlikely risk of wheel theft, as talked about by the spokesperson.
The PK-306 accomplished a standard touchdown as scheduled, in line with the spokesperson. Passengers disembarked usually, and the missing wheel was observed through the captain’s routine walk-around inspection. The plane’s essential touchdown gear was missing one of its six wheels.