Rescue plane, repairs team on its way to Pakistan

July 09, 2012 10:57

Update on the Air India Airbus 319 which made an emergency landing at Nawabshah airport in Sindh province of Pakistan.

Rediff.com's Onkar Singh says the minister of civil aviation Ajit Singh and chairman-cum-managing director of Air India, Rohit Nanadan could not be reached. The civil aviation secretary, Nasim Zaidi, was busy in a meeting and would not respond to calls.

However, a senior official working with the civil aviation minister confirmed that the plane had made an emergency landing after all its hydraulic systems failed to function. "All 130 passenger and crew members are safe and are being given food," he told rediff.com in an informal chat.

"Another plane is being sent to pick up the passengers and take them to Abu Dhabi. This plane will carry a team of engineers," he added.

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