PK9753 - Incident: PIA B772 near Karachi on Dec 17th 2021
Created Friday, Dec 17th 2021 20:59Z, last updated Friday, Dec 17th 2021 20:59Z
A PIA Pakistan International Airlines Boeing 777-200, registration AP-BHX performing flight PK-9753 from Islamabad (Pakistan) to Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), was enroute at FL360 about to enter Iranian Airspace at Zahedan (Iran) when the crew decided to divert to Karachi due to a cracked side window in the cockpit. The aircraft landed safely on Karachi's runway 07R about 65 minutes after the decision to divert.
The aircraft remained on the ground for about 9 hours, then continued the journey and reached Riyadh with a delay of 10:45 hours.
The airline reported the cockpit side window was replaced and the aircraft released to service again.
Source: The Aviation Herald