KARACHI: The Pakistan International Airline (PIA) offloaded 50 passengers at the Beijing airport after the emergency chute of its Boeing 777 was accidentally activated.

The emergency chute was activated by PIA crew. The incident caused the Beijing-Islamabad flight (PK-853) to delay by two and a half hours, said the PIA spokesperson. He said that PIA Chief Executive Officer Air Marshal Arshad Malik had taken notice and ordered an inquiry into the matter. It is pertinent here to mention that an ostensible passenger on PIA’s Twitter handle commented that they had to wait for about nine hours.

We regret the inconvenience of 2.5 hr delay caused to our passengers of PK853 Beijing to ISB due to the accidental opening of the emergency chute. CEO PIA has taken notice and called for immediate inquiry into the matter. #PIA

— PIA (@Official_PIA) June 28, 2019

Alhamdulillah finally
They dropped 52 guys in Beijing
30 were volunteers and 22 were random selection.

They will be sent to Pakistan on Monday probably.

We reached at ISB at 6am, flight was suppose to land at 9pm.

— Nasif Raza (@nasifraza) June 29, 2019

This is the second such incident faced by the national flag carrier in 20 days.

Earlier, on June 9 a PIA flight offloaded about 70 passengers after one of the passengers erroneously opened the emergency door while plane was on the runway at Manchester airport in England. The passengers were informed about the cause of the delay and they were provided accommodation at the hotel.