Another Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) air hostess went ‘missing’ from a hotel after her arrival in Toronto, Canada from Lahore.
Airhostess Faiza Mukhtar arrived in Toronto from Lahore via the national airline’s flight, PK-781, earlier this week.
The flight took off from Islamabad and when it reached Canada, a flight attendant, Faiza Mukhtar, slipped away in Canada and her disappearance came to light when she failed to report to the authorities concerned, the spokesman said, adding an inquiry had been launched.
Five crew members slipped in 2022 and seven in 2023 on overseas flights while most of
Disappearance of PIA crew members is not unusual. Many incidents of slipping away of attendants of PIA occurred in the past. Two flight attendants slipped away in Canada after the national airline’s flight from Islamabad reached Toronto.
The flight attendants – Khalid Afridi and Fida Shah – reached Canada from Islamabad by flight PK 772 and slipped away in Canada.
In July, a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) steward went ‘missing’ from a hotel after his arrival in Toronto, Canada from Lahore.
Muntazir Mehdi didn’t report for duty on a flight back to Pakistan. Subsequently, the matter was brought to the notice of the airline management and the Canadian immigration authorities.
Before Mehdi, four flight stewards and air hostesses of the national airline slipped into Canada possibly for citizenship.