Indigo’s Amritsar – Ahmedabad flight entered Pakistan due to bad weather
June 11, 2023
Ahmedabad: Indigo Airlines flight from Amritsar to Ahmedabad entered Pakistan due to bad weather. According to a news report in the Pakistan newspaper Dawn, the aircraft reached North of Lahore at about 7.30 pm and returned to India by 8.90 pm on Saturday evening without any issue.
Pakistan had intense rainfall and strong winds and thunderstorms on Saturday due to which at least 34 people were killed in Bannu, Dikhan, Lakki Marwat and Karak districts.
Speaking to news agency ANI, an IndiGo spokesperson said, “An IndiGo flight temporarily entered Pakistan airspace yesterday (10th June) due to bad weather. The flight was scheduled from Amritsar to Ahmedabad. It landed safely in Ahmedabad.”
An IndiGo statement said, “IndiGo flight 6E-645, operating from Amritsar to Ahmedabad had to take a deviation over Attari into Pakistan airspace due to bad weather. The deviation was well coordinated with Pakistan by Amritsar ATC via telephone. The crew was in continuous contact with Pakistan on R/T and the flight landed in Ahmedabad safely post the deviation.”
A Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) senior official told Dawn that it wasn’t an unusual thing and was allowed internationally in bad weather conditions.
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