PIA pilot flies friend sans boarding pass

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PIA pilot flies friend sans boarding pass
Updated at: 1549 PST, Monday, February 22, 2010
KARACHI: A pilot of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flew his friend to London without ticket and boarding card bypassing all formalities, Geo News reported Monday.

According to Geo News exclusive report, the incident happened on Sunday at PIA’s flight PK-787 bound for London.

Pilot Hamid Gardezi, also serving as Principal Director Airport Services in Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) on deputation took his friend Syed Salim Zaidi, a member of CAA and former minister along with him without fulfilling the requirements and immigration formalities.

Defying all rules and regulations, Gardezi stunned personnel of the FIA, immigration and the ASF that formalities will be completed later.

The flight than departed but soon was forced to land at Karachi airport again after a passenger Azam Khan got heart attack.

All the details of the incident have been registered in PIA’s logbook.

Captain Hamid declared himself as a close friend of Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and Salim Zaidi called him as a friend of President Asif Zardari.





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