PIA B773 near Karachi on Sep 28th 2023, fire indication

Last Update: September 28, 2023 / 17:01:54 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 28, 2023

Classification
Incident

Airline
PIA Pakistan International Airlines

Flight number
PK-745

Departure
Sialkot, Pakistan

Destination
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

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-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.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 28, 2023

Classification
Incident

Airline
PIA Pakistan International Airlines

Flight number
PK-745

Departure
Sialkot, Pakistan

Destination
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Aircraft Registration
AP-BMS

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-300

ICAO Type Designator
B773

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