A PIA Boeing 777 registration APBMH operating flight islamabad Kuala Lumpur Islamabad is impounded by the malaysian authorities in Kuala Lumpur b
y orders of the court which was approached by
the lessor of the aircraft.The leasing company has not been paid
the lease amount hence they approached the courts there.PIA managment has not paid
the lease along
with other payments that are
with held.
The crew informe
d that they were fully ready for departure
with passengers on board and when they asked for start up the atc informed them to standby where
the local authorities came on board and informed the crew that they are not allowed to depart as per court orders.PIA was well aware that this particular aircrafts lease has not been paid yet they s
ent the same air craft to Kuala Lumpur.An extremely embarrassing situation for the crew,passengers,airline and the country .
