Passengers fume as PIA flight delayed for hours at Madinah Airport
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The Pakistan International Airlines passengers intending to fly back to Karachi from Madinah airport felt great agony as their flight was delayed, reported 24NewsHD TV channel on Saturday.
Reportedly, PIA flight PK 744 which was supposed to fly to Karachi from Madinah airport was delayed for more than three hours.
The travelers reached Madinah airport early in the morning today. Seeing their flight was delated, they exchanged hot words with the airport administration.
The PIA administration changed the flight of some of the passengers whose seats were even confirmed.
According to PIA sources, 60 passengers were off loaded when the administration changed the PIA flight PK 744.
They said that now the offloaded passengers were booked on October 6 flight.
Sources said that Boeing 777 was supposed to bring the passengers from Madinah but now a small capacity plane - Airbus 320 - would be used instead to complete the PK 744 flight operation.
The airlines sources said that the plane was changed as Boeing 777 developed some technical fault.
Reporter Tayyab Saif