Airlines have "informally" asked its pilots to avoid landing in Pakistan unless there is an "emergency" situation such as engine failure or fire on-board.
In the wake of the current hostile situation between India and Pakistan, pilots have been asked to opt for Oman or United Arab Emirates, when flying overseas or heading to Delhi, Mumbai or Ahmedabad on domestic flights.
"Flight despatchers are asking that Pakistani airports be avoided for emergency landings if possible. These instructions have not come in writing, but verbally. Making an emergency landing in Pakistan is the last resort for us in an extreme emergency," a pilot, who regularly operates international flights, was quoted as saying by the Economic Times.
Almost all flights from central and east India, which fly to Europe, Gulf region and America fly over Pakistan.
For flights that are west-bound, the closest "emergency" landing airports are in Muscat, Dubai, Sharjah and Abu Dhabi. "Iran and Afghanistan, though the immediate neighbours of Pakistan are considered less of an alternative," a route planner with a domestic airline told the daily.
07/10/16 Kalyani Pandey/IBTimes
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In the wake of the current hostile situation between India and Pakistan, pilots have been asked to opt for Oman or United Arab Emirates, when flying overseas or heading to Delhi, Mumbai or Ahmedabad on domestic flights.
"Flight despatchers are asking that Pakistani airports be avoided for emergency landings if possible. These instructions have not come in writing, but verbally. Making an emergency landing in Pakistan is the last resort for us in an extreme emergency," a pilot, who regularly operates international flights, was quoted as saying by the Economic Times.
Almost all flights from central and east India, which fly to Europe, Gulf region and America fly over Pakistan.
For flights that are west-bound, the closest "emergency" landing airports are in Muscat, Dubai, Sharjah and Abu Dhabi. "Iran and Afghanistan, though the immediate neighbours of Pakistan are considered less of an alternative," a route planner with a domestic airline told the daily.
07/10/16 Kalyani Pandey/IBTimes
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