PIA B773 near Jeddah on Sep 26th 2023, burning odour in cockpit

Last Update: September 27, 2023 / 14:22:26 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 26, 2023

Classification
Incident

Airline
PIA Pakistan International Airlines

Flight number
PK-746

Departure
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Destination
Sialkot, Pakistan

Aircraft Registration
AP-BMS

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-300

ICAO Type Designator
B773

A PIA Pakistan International Airlines Boeing 777-300, registration AP-BMS performing flight PK-746 from Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) to Sialkot (Pakistan) with 375 people on board, was enroute at FL350 about 180nm northeast of Jeddah when the crew descended the aircraft to FL220 and decided to return to Jeddah reporting a smoke detector indication and burning odour in the cockpit. The aircraft landed safely back on Jeddah's runway 34C about 70 minutes after departure.

Passengers reporting seening smoke from one of the lavatories.

The airline reported the aircraft returned to Jeddah due to a burning odour on board, subsequently was examined and released but went to Karachi for a crew change before continuing on to Sialkot.

The aircraft remained on the ground in Jeddah for about 5 hours, then departed again for flight PK-746 with destination Karachi (Pakistan) now, remained on the ground in Karachi for about 2:40 hours then carried on to Sialkot arriving in Sialkot with a delay of about 8 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 26, 2023

Classification
Incident

Airline
PIA Pakistan International Airlines

Flight number
PK-746

Departure
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Destination
Sialkot, Pakistan

Aircraft Registration
AP-BMS

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-300

ICAO Type Designator
B773

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