Pakistani airline blunder sends passenger to Saudi Arabia instead of Karachi

KARACHI: (Jul 14) In a bizarre airline blunder, a passenger from Lahore was flown to Saudi Arabia instead of Karachi and was deported back to Pakistan.

The incident happened on July 7 with Malik Shahzain, an electrical engineer from Karachi, aboard an AirSial flight.

A Civil Aviation Authority official said they are investigating the unusual incident. “A passenger boarding the wrong flight by mistake can happen, but we have never come across a case where a domestic passenger ended up on an international flight,” the official said.