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Damaged

PIA aircraft

made operational

KARACHI: Two PIA aircraft which suffered damages on Friday were made operational on Saturday after necessary repair.

According to PIA sources a 747-200 Jumbo Jet of PIA suffered damage when hit by ground equipment at Karachi airport whereas an A-310 Airbus had its wing damaged after being hit by an aero-plane of Turkish Airline at Istanbul airport.

The sources said that repair of Jumbo Jet was completed on Saturday and was put into operation with a flight to Jeddah to bring back Hajjaj from holy land.

The Airbus A-300 was put under repair at Istanbul airport for its damaged wing and it left on Saturday for its onward destination Frankfrut with 220 passengers on board.ÑAPP