Pakistan Air-Traffic Controller 'Saves' Flight Headed from India to Oman

Guwahati, November 17, 2019:

Amidst Indo-Pak internal clashes, an air traffic controller from Pakistan's Civil Aviation Authority saved a plane flying from Jaipur to Muscat, the capital city of Oman, after its pilot sounded alert due to bad weather.

Reportedly, the plane encountered abnormal weather conditions near the Chor area of the southern Sindh province.

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According to reports, the plane was flying over the Karachi region on Thursday carrying 150 passengers. It got caught in the middle of lightning and dropped down from an altitude of 36,000 feet to 34,000 feet almost immediately.

The pilot initiated emergency protocol and broadcast “Mayday” to nearby stations.

On receiving the emergency broadcast, the air traffic controller from Pakistan responded to the call of the pilot and directed it through the dense air traffic for the remaining journey in the Pakistani airspace.

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Pakistan had closed its airspace on February 26 post Balakot airstrikes. However, on July 16, Pakistan opened its airspace for India after some five months of restrictions imposed in the wake of a standoff with New Delhi earlier this year.

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