Cabin Temperature Makes PIA Flight PK-701 Passengers Uncomfortable at Islamabad Airport

[Abbas Ali]

According to news channels, high/hot cabin temperature due to some technical problem in the aircraft made passengers of Manchester-bound PIA flight PK-701 feel uncomfortable at Islamabad Airport.

Passengers have been off-loaded and efforts are being made to remove aircraft's technical problem.

PK-701 was scheduled to depart from Islamabad at 2:50 PM and it already has suffered delay of more than five hours.

http://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/pk701

Abbas

[Abbas Ali]

According to Islamabad Airport website, departure of PK-701 is delayed due to technical reason.

Flight now expected to depart from Islamabad at 9:00 PM.


Source: islamabadairport.com.pk

Abbas

[Abbas Ali]

Flight PK-701 has been cancelled, according to information on following link:

http://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/pk701

Probably PIA Boeing 777-340ER registration AP-BHV was the aircraft with technical problem?

http://www.flightradar24.com/data/airplanes/ap-bhv/

Abbas

[Abbas Ali]

PIA flight PK-701 has been cancelled due to technical reasons, according to statement of a PIA spokesperson on a local news channel.

PK-701 will now depart on Sunday (August 23).

The airline has arranged meals and accommodation for flight's passengers.

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[Abbas Ali]

According to Dunya News channel, there was some problem with air conditioning system of the aircraft.

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[furqan_haider]

AP-BHV currently operating PIA3192, Probably ferry flight to Karachi..
http://www.flightradar24.com/data/airplanes/ap-bhv/

[Abbas Ali]

^ Yes, most likely ferry flight because flight number PK-3192 is not regularly used by PIA.

http://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/pk3192

Abbas

[shamxa]

Didn't AP-BGJ have this same problem a couple of weeks ago?

[Hashmax]

Its not basically the aircraft problem ...
Actually none of the AC vans are functional at Islamabad, therefore the cabin temperature is high and gets suffocated upon boarding of pax.
Moreover APU was U/S on BHV hence no packs available on ground during boarding.
Now CAA has put restriction on PIA aircrafts operating to ISB with U/S APU.

[Abbas Ali]

Today, PIA Boeing 777-240ER registration AP-BHX departed from Islamabad at 2:29 PM as flight PK-701 to Manchester.

http://www.flightradar24.com/data/airplanes/ap-bhx/

Apparently airline's Boeing 777-340ER registration AP-BHV is still in Karachi after arriving there at 1:15 AM as ferry flight PK-3192 from Islamabad.

http://www.flightradar24.com/data/airplanes/ap-bhv/

Abbas

[Yasir Airways]

My sister along with her 3 children was on this flight. She arrived today and says, some of the kids on the A/c were not very well and people were furious.

and she swore she won't fly again with PIA ever!.. well done PIA!

[TAILWIND]

Its not basically the aircraft problem ...
Actually none of the AC vans are functional at Islamabad, therefore the cabin temperature is high and gets suffocated upon boarding of pax.
Moreover APU was U/S on BHV hence no packs available on ground during boarding.
Now CAA has put restriction on PIA aircrafts operating to ISB with U/S APU.

If it was not an aircraft problem, was definitely an airline problem. How could they go for boarding if no AC van was available and APU non-ops?????
It should have been a non starter from the begining.

[Hashmax]

^
Yup agreed !!

[Umair94]

KLM equipment service is looking to get rid of some of their GPU's, altough I am not sure if PIA really is in need of some new one.

[Abbas Ali]

PIA Boeing 777-340ER registration AP-BHV has returned to service and today performed airline's flight PK-787 from Karachi to London.

http://www.flightradar24.com/data/airplanes/ap-bhv/

BTW, in May 30, 2015, newspaper, PIA gave following tender notice for buying Ground Support Equipment (GSE) including six Air Conditioning Vans and four Ground Power Units (GPU).



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