An Indian plane that was stranded in Karachi finally departed for New Delhi after almost 18 hours.
The Boeing 737 Max-8 had to make an emergency landing with 138 passengers and staff at Jinnah International Airport on Tuesday.
Sources from the Civil Aviation Authorities (CAA) stated that SpiceJet’s flight no. SG-9922 flew to New Delhi on Wednesday morning after Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) engineers repaired the aircraft. They added that it departed from Karachi at 3:24 AM and reached New Delhi safely at 5:35 AM.
The CAA’s spokesperson revealed that the stranded passengers were taken to a lounge at Karachi airport, and were flown to Dubai on another plane after 12 hours.
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