Pakistani airline blunder sends passenger to Saudi Arabia instead of Karachi

In a bizarre hose blunder, a rider from Lahore was flown to Saudi Arabia alternatively of Karachi and was deported backmost to Pakistan. The incidental happened connected July 7, 2025 with Malik Shahzain, an electrical technologist from Karachi, aboard an AirSial flight.

A Civil Aviation Authority authoritative said they are investigating the antithetic incident. "A rider boarding the incorrect formation by mistake tin happen, but we person ne'er travel crossed a lawsuit wherever a home rider ended up connected an planetary flight," the authoritative said.

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According to Mr. Shahzain, helium was returning to Karachi from Lahore connected the nighttime of July 7, 2025 aft learning that his kid had fallen ill. He arrived astatine the airdrome connected clip and presented his pre-booked boarding walk and was past directed to the lounge and the departure gate.

"There were 2 AirSial aeroplanes connected the tarmac, 1 headed to Karachi and the different to Jeddah. The staff, without checking properly, enactment maine connected the planetary flight, and I lone realised this when, adjacent aft 2 hours of flying time, we did not land," Mr. Shahzain said. While the rider landed successful Jeddah, his luggage reached Karachi.

At the Jeddah airport, Mr. Shahzain was questioned by migration officials for hours earlier they realised that helium landed determination for nary responsibility of him and directed the hose to enactment him connected their adjacent formation to Karachi.

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However, the ordeal didn't extremity there, arsenic the hose flew the rider backmost to Lahore, informing him helium would request to put his summons to Karachi.

“I was informed astir the unwellness of my lad and decided to instrumentality home, arsenic I had gone to Lahore connected bureau work. Instead, I underwent a 15-hour ordeal wherever I ended up successful Jeddah and had to endure hours of interrogation,” Mr. Shahzain said.

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The technologist claims the hose unit accepted their mistake successful putting him connected the planetary formation from Lahore to Jeddah erstwhile helium was expected to alert from Lahore to Karachi.

However, helium is inactive awaiting a ceremonial effect and apology from the backstage airline. "So far, the hose has issued nary mentation oregon apology for my ordeal,” Mr. Shahzain said. AirSial is simply a Pakistani backstage hose based successful Sialkot.