PIA Plane Skids off runway during landing, Landed on soft ground

A PIA flight, PK-517, skidded off the runway in Balochistan’s Panjgur Saturday morning.

Airport officials said the incident occurred when one of the tyres of the flight PK-517 which came from Karachi burst during landing.

As many as 43 passengers were aboard the flight PK-517 that was heading to Panjgur from Karachi, however, all the passengers remained safe, PIA spokesperson later said in a statement.

The pilot lost control of the aircraft and it came to a halt  on the soft ground. According to reports, tyres of the aircraft were partially damaged in the incident.

Passengers were shifted to the terminal safely and no one was hurt in the incident. The incident occurred when the plane was touching down the runway and it got veered off the landing belt.



CEO PIA, Air Marshal Arshad Malik, has also taken notice of the incident and sought report in this regard. He said anyone found responsible for the mishap would face action according to the law.

Panjgur Airport is a domestic and partially International airport, located in  Balochistan province  in Pakistan's southwest.