Created Thursday, Sep 28th 2023 17:01Z, last updated Thursday, Sep 28th 2023 17:01Z
A PIA Pakistan International Airlines Boeing 777-300, registration AP-BMS performing flight
PK-745 from Sialkot (Pakistan) to Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), was enroute at FL340 about 160nm northwest of Karachi (Pakistan) when the crew received a fire indication on board and decided to divert to Karachi, where the aircraft landed safely on runway 07R about 24 minutes later.
A replacement Boeing 777-200 registration AP-BGJ continued the flight to Jeddah and reached the destination with a delay of about 4 hours.
The airline reported a post flight inspection did not reveal any trace of fire, smoke or heat.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground about 11 hours after landing in Karachi.
The occurrence aircraft had suffered a similiar occurrence two days earlier, see Incident: PIA B773 near Jeddah on Sep 26th 2023, burning odour in cockpit.
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