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Emergency Landing in Multan


What: Pakistan International Airlines Boeing 737 en route from Islamabad to Multan
Where: Multan
When: April 25, 2012
Who: 45 passengers
Why: On descent to Multan, the plane indicated an error. On a visual confirmation on flyby, ATC indicated that the wheels were down, but this disagreed with the cockpit alert. The pilot circled to burn fuel, then made a safe landing with emergency services on standby.

The plane was serviced, and continued the next leg of the flight carrying 118 passengers to Karachi.

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