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The accident occurred on Sunday when Iranian air traffic control company ATC allowed a Pakistan International Airlines plane bound for Peshawar to descend from an altitude of 36,000 feet to 20,000.
It was another plane belonging to the same airline, bound for DubaiAt the bottom, at an altitude of 35,000 feet, the two planes came within 300 meters of each other, according to the source.
Spokesman Abdullah Hafeez Khan told AFP: "A collision avoidance system helped the pilots correct their course and avoid a crash after the planes came close.".
He added: "We will write to the Iranian authorities to investigate this incident, because the Iranian air traffic control company was not supposed to allow the plane to Peshawar down".
Pakistan International Airlines was an important airline until the 1970s, but years of financial loss and mismanagement tarnished its reputation.
In 2016, a plane flying from the mountainous Chitral region (north) to the capital crashed Islamabad, in a remote area, killing 47 people. The investigation concluded that there was a maintenance error.
In 2020, a Pakistan International Airlines plane crashed in Karachicausing the deaths of 98 people.
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The accident occurred on Sunday when Iranian air traffic control company ATC allowed a Pakistan International Airlines plane bound for Peshawar to descend from an altitude of 36,000 feet to 20,000.
It was another plane belonging to the same airline, bound for DubaiAt the bottom, at an altitude of 35,000 feet, the two planes came within 300 meters of each other, according to the source.
“A collision avoidance system helped the two pilots correct their course and avoid the accident after the planes came close,” spokesman Abdullah Hafeez Khan told AFP.
He added, “We will write to the Iranian authorities to investigate this incident, because the Iranian Air Navigation Control Company was not supposed to allow the plane bound for Iran.” Peshawar by falling.”
Pakistan International Airlines was an important airline until the 1970s, but years of financial loss and mismanagement tarnished its reputation.
In 2016, a plane flying from the mountainous Chitral region (north) to the capital crashed Islamabad, in a remote area, killing 47 people. The investigation concluded that there was a maintenance error.
In 2020, a Pakistan International Airlines plane crashed in Karachicausing the deaths of 98 people.