Airport reopens after PIA plane crash landing

All 70 people on board were unhurt

Reuters

Published Monday, February 11, 2013

Oman's Muscat International Airport has reopened after closing on Monday because a Pakistan International Airlines plane crash-landed on the runway, the airport said on Tuesday.

The landing gear of the Boeing 737 collapsed on Monday as the plane landed.

All 70 people on board the Islamabad-Muscat flight were unhurt, a statement from the airport said.

Ali Al Zuwaidi, flight safety director at Muscat International Airport, said the pilot had reported no injuries among the passengers or crew.

"A PIA aircraft crashed on the runway after its landing gear collapsed," Zuwaidi told Reuters. "We had to close the airport indefinitely until the investigation has been completed," he added.

Muscat airport is undergoing a $7.4 billon extension to expand its runway and terminal building.

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shoaib 12 February 2013 15:24 1 1

it most probably happened because of the excess weight of air hostess.

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Atif 12 February 2013 14:36 1 0

This is the third case of this type in PIA. earlier 2 aircrafts were written off in same circumstances. one at Dubai A300 aircraft landing gear collapsed, the second was an other A300 at Jeddha airport, the landing gear collapsed> both plane were written off. they are not maintining landing gear properly.

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Zaid 12 February 2013 11:42 4 2

Why this news in not available on pakistani news channel. you can see the longs hand of corrupt people

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Mohammad 12 February 2013 08:42 9 2

Another example of bad governance in Pakistan. Once the world's leading and oldest airline that brought many innovation in airline industry now facing a slow death.

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Waqas 12 February 2013 07:23 6 6

Never seen such careless airline. PIA consider to close soon before you lose many lives.

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