PK9739 - Incident: PIA B772 near Muscat on Dec 23rd 2021
Created Thursday, Dec 23rd 2021 22:23Z, last updated Thursday, Dec 23rd 2021 22:23Z
A PIA Pakistan International Airlines Boeing 777-200, registration AP-BGZ performing flight PK-9739 (dep Dec 22nd) from Multan (Pakistan) to Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), was enroute at FL380 about 60nm west of Muscat (Oman) when the crew received a cargo fire indication, turned the aircraft around and diverted to Muscat for a safe landing about 20 minutes later.
The indication was identified false, the aircraft continued the journey after about 4 hours on the ground and reached Jeddah with a delay of about 4 hours.
Source: The Aviation Herald