PIA Flight PK-760 Suffers Bird Hit During Landing at Lahore Airport

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PIA Flight PK-760 Suffers Bird Hit During Landing at Lahore Airport

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According to news sources, PIA Jeddah to Lahore flight PK-760 suffered bird hit during landing at Lahore Airport today.

According to information on following link, today PIA Boeing 777-240ER registration AP-BGJ performed flight PK-760 that landed at Lahore Airport at 2:25 PM with a delay of nearly four hours. PK-760 was scheduled to land at Lahore at 10:30 AM.

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/pk760

News channels also reporting long delay suffered by PIA Lahore to Manchester flight PK-709. The Manchester-bound flight was scheduled to depart from Lahore at 12:45 PM but is now expected to depart from Lahore at 11:59 PM, according to Lahore Airport website.

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/pk709
http://lahoreairport.com.pk/Schedule.as ... =Departure

Maybe PK-709 delay is linked to bird hit suffered by PK-760?

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Re: PIA Flight PK-760 Suffers Bird Hit During Landing at Lahore Airport

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According to City42 news channel, Boeing 777's engine number 1 was damaged due to bird hit/ingestion.

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Dunya News channel, confirms that Lahore to Manchester flight PK-709 is suffering long delay because of Boeing 777 grounded due to bird hit. 178 passengers of PK-709 have been accommodated in hotel(s), according to City 42 news channel.

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Re: PIA Flight PK-760 Suffers Bird Hit During Landing at Lahore Airport

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According to Lahore Airport website, flight PK-709 to Manchester is now expected to depart from Lahore at 1:30 AM with a delay of twelve hours & forty-five minutes.

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Re: PIA Flight PK-760 Suffers Bird Hit During Landing at Lahore Airport

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AP-BGJ departed from Lahore at 8:48 AM as flight PK-709 to Manchester with a delay of twenty hours. The flight's scheduled departure time was 12:45 PM on December 23.

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/ap-bgj

Information about bird strike on The Aviation Herald.

http://avherald.com/h?article=4a27ec92&opt=0

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