An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 cargo plane made an unexpected landing in Karachi after failing to land at Ahmedabad Airport in India.
The flight, en route from Addis Ababa to Ahmedabad, attempted to land at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport but was unable to do so for unknown reasons. Following instructions from Ahmedabad’s Air Traffic Control (ATC), the pilot executed a go-around at 1,500 feet and diverted the flight ET 3644 to Karachi.
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After an hour in the air, the aircraft landed safely at Jinnah International Airport. It later departed from Karachi to continue its journey to Ahmedabad.
In another notable development, on August 25, despite ongoing diplomatic tensions, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi used Pakistani airspace while returning from Poland to New Delhi. Sources from the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCCA) reported that Modi’s aircraft entered Pakistani airspace at 10:15 am and exited at 11:01 am, spending 46 minutes in Pakistani territory. The plane entered via Chitral and crossed through Islamabad and Lahore before reaching India’s Amritsar.
Modi’s trip to Poland included a visit to Kyiv to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. This event is significant given the strained relations between Pakistan and India, marked by the closure of airspace in March 2019 following a military standoff. Pakistan had also downgraded diplomatic ties and suspended trade after India’s revocation of IIOJK’s semi-autonomous status in August 2019.
