Lahore: In bad weather, a passenger plane from the Indian airline IndiGo flew into Pakistani territory. It stayed there for almost 31 minutes.
Flight 6E-645 left Amritsar airport and going to Ahmedabad. But because of bad weather on Saturday, it had to take a different route over Atari and into Pakistani airspace.
Due to bad weather, the passenger plane flew into Pakistani airspace. It went as far as Gujranwala before making a safe trip back to Indian airspace.
“Amritsar ATC talked to Pakistan by phone and made sure that the deviation well planned. The crew was in constant touch with Pakistan on R/T, and after the deviation, the flight landed safely in Ahmedabad.
A PIA plane goes into Indian airspace by accident
Last month, a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane spent almost ten minutes in Indian airspace after it couldn’t land at Lahore Airport because of heavy rain.
The PK248 flight came back from Muscat on May 4 at 8 p.m. The pilot went to the Allama Iqbal International Airport to try to land. But because of the heavy rain, the pilot told by air traffic control to do a go-round. On the way back, he got lost because he couldn’t see.
The plane flew into Indian airspace from the Badhana police station in Punjab at a speed of 292 km/h and an altitude of 13,500 feet. Plane turned around at Naushehra Pannuan and flew through the Indian towns of Taran Sahib and Rasulpur before flying back into Pakistan near the village of Jhugian Noor Muhammad.
The plane then flew back into Pakistani airspace from the Indian town of Lakha Singhwala Hithar at a speed of 320 km/h and an altitude of 23,000 feet.
