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CAA Takes Notice of Disturbed Flight Operations of PIA

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According to Express News channel, Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has taken notice of disturbed flight operations of PIA and has sought report from airline's CEO. Further details not given.

Earlier today, news channels were reporting long delay suffered by airline's Quetta to Lahore flight PK-323. The flight was scheduled to depart from Quetta at 3:00 PM.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/pk323

Karachi to Lahore flight PK-302 suffered delay of more than nine hours. PIA Airbus A320 registration AP-BLD departed from Karachi at 5:22 PM. The flight's scheduled departure time was 8:00 AM.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/pk302

Karachi to Islamabad flight PK-368 suffered delay of more than eight hours. PIA Boeing 777 registration AP-BID departed from Karachi at 6:19 PM. The flight's scheduled departure time was 10:00 AM.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/pk368

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Re: CAA Takes Notice of Disturbed Flight Operations of PIA

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Not only that, I'm sure you are aware of the landing gear door problem on BGJ which landed at LHR yesterday with one of its main gear doors open. The a/c was jacked up and the gears cycled a few times and found to be retracting but very slowly. It appeared to be a MLG door lock actuator problem. The a/c was dispatched back to Pak where no checks or repairs were carried out and the a/c sent back to MAN today where the same MLG door was stuck open again and the flight landed with the same door wide open (much to the delight of plane spotters who probably had a field day taking pics at LHR and MAN of the same a/c with the same unresolved problem) and now the plane is stuck at MAN as the door refuses to close and there are no parts at hand so the flight back may be cancelled resulting in a night stop, less than a week after BHW was stuck there for days due to an engine problem.

AP-BGY was stuck at YYZ for 2-3 days due to a fuel leak which AC fixed and presented PIA with a big fat bill.

The engine for BHV (sitting in Khi for over 3 months during the most crucial (Hajj) time for the airline) coming from GE in Cardiff has also been held up as no payment for the overhauling has been released by PIA.

All the above while priority is given to rebranding new liveries and air safaris.

Sad state of affairs.
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PIA Boeing 777-200ER registration AP-BGJ departed from Manchester at 9:09 PM as flight PK-702 to Islamabad with a delay of nearly four hours. Flight PK-702 was scheduled to depart at 5:20 PM.

The Boeing 777 had arrived in Manchester at 5:20 PM as flight PK-701 from Islamabad with a delay of two hours. Flight PK-701 was scheduled to land at Manchester at 3:20 PM.

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Yes they tried to fix the door problem in MAN and it departed after 4 hours.

At present, PIA has 5 777 engines out of service. 2 engines are sitting in Cardiff, UK ready to be delivered but not going anywhere due to non-payment. 3 engines are sitting in Khi which need to go for overhauling but have not as yet. BHV which is missing an engine is also missing several components from its flight deck i.e. weather radar, navigation display panels, MCP panel etc.

PIA needs 2 engines for BHV, 1 engine for BGL and 1 engine for BGK.
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PIA Boeing 777-200ER registration AP-BGJ landing at London Heathrow Airport on August 3, 2018, as flight PK-786 from Islamabad with an opened main landing gear door. The right and left side main landing gears are also hanging at different angles/levels.

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AP-BGJ (21) by mark taylor, on Flickr

PIA Boeing 777-200ER registration AP-BGJ landing at Manchester Airport on August 5, 2018, as flight PK-701 from Islamabad with an opened main landing gear door. The right and left side main landing gears are also hanging at different angles/levels.

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Pakistan AP-BGJ 'Landing Gear Door Failure' at Manchester by Danny Nixon, on Flickr

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Moin, why to disclose corporate matters on a public forum?
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PIA has apologized to passengers for long delay suffered by airline's flights operated on August 5, 2018.

Karachi to Lahore flight PK-302 delayed by seven hours.
Karachi to Islamabad flight PK-368 delayed by six hours.
Karachi to Toronto flight PK-783 delayed by four hours.

The flights got delayed due to technical and operational reasons, according to airline's spokesperson.

Info source: https://www.nawaiwaqt.com.pk/E-Paper/mu ... /detail-18

On August 5, 2018, PIA Boeing 777-200LR registration AP-BGZ departed from Karachi at 4:43 PM as flight PK-783 to Toronto with a delay of more than five hours. The flight was scheduled to depart at 11:20 AM.

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/pk783

PK-302 was delayed due to some technical problem in the aircraft, according to news report on following link:

https://jang.com.pk/news/530849

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Abdullah wrote: Mon Aug 06, 2018 3:27 pm Moin, why to disclose corporate matters on a public forum?
What makes this a corporate matter and is there any reason that warrants this matter be cloaked in secrecy? Is PIA not a public company? Have you any idea how much this is making the rounds on Facebook? In these days of social media nothing is concealed anymore. If something is wrong, then it needs to be highlighted and discussed, not brushed under the carpet and hushed up in the hopes that the problem will just go away by itself.

I have also received a pvt message from another member asking me not to discuss these matters here and seeing the resulting hostility of the same, its unfortunate that after well over a decade of being on this forum I shall limit my presence and discussion here if this 'public forum' is subjected to censorship. If I have said anything that is inaccurate or incorrect then anyone is free to refute it and clarify the same. That is what is done on a public forum.
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