OT: Fire forces evacuation of Toronto-bound flight
Mar 1, 2005 | 8:36 am
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OT: Fire forces evacuation of Toronto-bound flight
Mar 1, 2005 | 9:46 am
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Originally Posted by AnselmAdorne
Never rains but it pours ... PIA had a similar incident at Manchester the day before, too:
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/3791709.stm
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/3791709.stm
Mar 1, 2005 | 9:49 am
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Definitely YGWYPF then.
Surprised nobody has died yet from this. But in the meantime, let's continue flying them shall we?
Surprised nobody has died yet from this. But in the meantime, let's continue flying them shall we?
Mar 1, 2005 | 4:02 pm
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Originally Posted by yyznomad
Definitely YGWYPF then.
Surprised nobody has died yet from this. But in the meantime, let's continue flying them shall we?
Surprised nobody has died yet from this. But in the meantime, let's continue flying them shall we?
Mar 1, 2005 | 7:15 pm
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They have not had any major crashes or problems. If your going to Pakistan, than you are probably experienced with PIA and know/feel it is safe. Although the maintanance are at fault this was not a serious incident and it was taken care of quickly. I assume pax on those flights do not care about mileage and therfore would rather fly the more direct instead of the YYZ-LHR-DXB-Karachi-DXB-LHR-YYZ that you people may choose. Another good option may be YYZ-JFK-DXB-Karachi-DXB-JFK-YYZ.
Mar 1, 2005 | 8:06 pm
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Actually,
I have flown into Lahore and Karachi a number of times in the past little while.
I would say the people fly PIA out of a national expectation. I agree with Josh that they generally don't care about miles, but I would also say they would mostly acknowledge BA or Emirates as a better (or higher class, safer Carrier if you will) BUT still fly PIA because its expected.
I have flown into Lahore and Karachi a number of times in the past little while.
I would say the people fly PIA out of a national expectation. I agree with Josh that they generally don't care about miles, but I would also say they would mostly acknowledge BA or Emirates as a better (or higher class, safer Carrier if you will) BUT still fly PIA because its expected.