Planes avert clash at Karachi Airport

A major mishap was averted at Karachi's Jinnah International Airport on Saturday when a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) aircraft came face-to-face with a private carrier plane allegedly due to an air traffic controller (ATC) miscommunication and negligence. The incident occurred when the Karachi-bound aircraft from Lahore was preparing to land on the runway when it observed a plane taxiing from the opposite direction. With only three-miles distance left between the two, both planes nearly collided. According to the sources, the airtaffic controller immediately directed the private airline's aircraft to land on runway number 7 while the PIA flight was directed to land on runway number 25. The PIA captain landed the aircraft and directed the oncoming plane for a go-around manoeuvre.