A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight destined for Canada had to turn back to Pakistan due to a technical problem in its hydraulic system that occurred during the flight. The flight, identified as PK-797, was flying over Russia when the issue was discovered, prompting the aircraft to make a technical landing at Lahore Airport.
Originally scheduled to depart from Lahore for Toronto during the night between Sunday and Monday, the flight was forced to return to Allama Iqbal International Airport after being recalled from Russian airspace.
Flight tracking data reveals that the Boeing 777-240(LR) aircraft took off from Lahore at 4:30 am on Monday and landed back at the same airport at 1:30 pm, completing nearly nine hours of flight time.
Officials from PIA informed reporters that due to the delay caused by the repair work on PK 797, passengers would be transferred to another flight to Toronto.