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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Frederick Marvin Lumba

Another Pakistan Flight Crew 'Runaway' Sparks Airline Investigation

PIA flight PK-701 from Islamabad to Manchester (Credit: Pakistan International Airlines Facebook page)

Pakistan International Airlines has been hit by yet another scandal after a crew member failed to board a scheduled return flight from Toronto, fuelling suspicions that he may have deliberately vanished to claim asylum.

It is the latest in a growing series of disappearances that has plunged the struggling national carrier into deeper controversy and raised urgent questions about security, screening and staff morale.

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