Islamabad: After Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif took notice of over 200 passengers stranded at New Delhi Airport due to some technical fault in a Gulf Air aircraft, a special flight was sent for their evacuation, which arrived in Lahore on Tuesday.
Gul Air’s flight GF-766, that took off from Bahrain at 4am on Sunday, was supposed to arrive at the Lahore’s Allama Iqbal International Airport the same day at 9am. However, due to a thunderstorm, the aircraft developed some technical fault and had to be diverted to New Delhi. But passengers have since been stuck in India.
Speaking to Express News some of the passengers expressed their gratitude to India and the PM for their support and help in the situation.
“We were provided with hotel rooms and food and they took very good care of us. We did not even feel like we were anywhere else, it felt like we were in Pakistan and they (India) treated us like family,” another passenger informed.
03/02/15 Abdul Manan/Tribune
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Gul Air’s flight GF-766, that took off from Bahrain at 4am on Sunday, was supposed to arrive at the Lahore’s Allama Iqbal International Airport the same day at 9am. However, due to a thunderstorm, the aircraft developed some technical fault and had to be diverted to New Delhi. But passengers have since been stuck in India.
Speaking to Express News some of the passengers expressed their gratitude to India and the PM for their support and help in the situation.
“We were provided with hotel rooms and food and they took very good care of us. We did not even feel like we were anywhere else, it felt like we were in Pakistan and they (India) treated us like family,” another passenger informed.
03/02/15 Abdul Manan/Tribune
