Islamabad (August 05, 2018): The Pakistanis stranded in China’s Guangzhou airport continue to suffer, as a rescue flight to bring them back has yet to take off.
The Shaheen Air International has now decided to send its own aircraft for the rescue mission, the Civil Aviation Authority and private airline authorities confirmed.
According to the CAA spokesperson, the Shaheen Air’s plane will take off tonight, adding that the aircraft’s hosepipe has also arrived from abroad. This part of the flight was stuck in Customs clearance, the CAA added.
“We have decided to use our own plane. The part of the plane that was missing has also arrived. The engineers had to change this part of the plane. We hope to get the permission to fly after getting the part changed,” the Shaheen Air International added.
Earlier on August 03, the rescue flight to repatriate over 300 Pakistanis stranded in Guangzhou, China was cancelled on over technical grounds.
Shaheen Air International (SAI) claimed that its flight bearing number NL 892 was stopped by Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) on technical grounds. The flight was supposed to fly to Guangzhou Friday to bring back Pakistani passengers.
Zohaib Hassan, Director of Marketing, SAI said “We were implementing on court orders. CAA raised a technical issue with the aircraft at the last minute. We are now in contact with other charter carrier companies and without the support of CAA, SAI will bear the expenses on its own to bring back Pakistani passengers to the country”.
Over 300 Pakistanis, stranded in the Chinese city of Guangzhou, have appealed to the Pakistani government to help them after their flight was cancelled on July 29.
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