Indian airline plane strays into Pakistan due to bad weather

An Indian airline plane strayed into Pakistan near Lahore due to bad weather, and went up to Gujranwala before heading back to Indian airspace, the other day, said a local media report.

A flight of the IndiGo airlines, an Indian low-cost airline headquartered in Gurgaon, Haryana, India, en route to Ahmedabad from Amritsar with a ground speed of 454 knots entered north of Lahore at about 7:30 p.m. and returned to India at 8:01 p.m on Saturday.

A senior official of the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said that it was not unusual as it was “internationally allowed” in bad weather conditions.

Meanwhile, several flights were diverted and delayed due to poor visibility at airports in light of an alert issued by the CAA.