PK839 - Incident: PIA B772 near Riyadh on May 31st 2024

A PIA Pakistan International Airlines Boeing 777-200, registration AP-BGJ performing flight PK-839 from Karachi (Pakistan) to Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) with 329 people on board, was enroute at FL360 about 150nm southsoutheast of Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) when the crew set course to divert to Riyadh due to a high temperature indication for one of the cargo holds. The aircraft landed safely on Riyadh's runway 33 about 35 minutes after initiating the diversion.

The airline reported the crew received a high temperature indication for a cargo hold. The sensor was found to be faulty.

A passenger reported he heard sort of an explosion prior to the diversion.

The aircraft remained on the ground in Riyadh for about 5 hours, then continued the flight and reached Jeddah with a delay of about 5.5 hours.