Sometimes it only takes one passenger to say something wrong and make an aircraft divert and land to the same place where it just took off. A lovely 35-minutes flight that ends in jail.
This happened this week to a PIA flight from Karachi to Bahawalpur (Pakistan). Everything was alright, until a passenger decided to discuss with a flight attendant shortly after departure. When the discussion started to escalate, the passenger used the magical words that will always make a pilot abort the flight and immediately land, no matter what: he stated he could hijack the aircraft. To comply with the safety procedure, the flight attendant immediately informed the captain who decided to return to Karachi, landing there just 35 minutes after taking-off. The aircraft taxied to a remote taxiway, where police were already waiting. The passenger was arrested and later on told the police he was just joking. A security search was made after every single passenger had to disembark the aircraft, and as no suspicious items were found, the aircraft proceeded its way to Bahawalpur, but with a delay of 3 hours and one less passenger on board.
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