My daughter Anam Khan travelled to Karachi from London, Heathrow, on PIA flight PK 788 on April 15. A passenger on board misbehaved throughout the almost eight-hour flight to Pakistan.
Halfway through the flight, the concerned man got into a physical altercation with another passenger, in which they ended up tussling right in the middle of the plane aisle.
Whereas two fellow passengers intervened to control the situation, PIA’s cabin crew stood by as mute spectators, seemingly terrified.
During this tussle, it later emerged that the man had allegedly physically molested an air hostess; was drinking his own alcohol, which he had brought to the plane; was, as a result absolutely drunk and wielding a lighter in one hand and his alcohol in the other, he threatened to blow up the plane.
The other gentleman claims that this man repeatedly made this grave threat.
In response to this, Pakistan International Airlines crew members tried to calm him down, but they failed to restrain him or to remove either the alcohol or the lighter from his possession, leaving the British and Pakistani citizens on the flight in serious danger.
Following this incident, the drunk man continued to get drunk and exhibit obnoxious behaviour. He was stumbling around the plane refusing to sit down and even going as far as smoking a cigarette on board.
Again, his behaviour met with no resistance from PIA personnel, who really should have been trained to deal with such situations.
What was truly shocking was that a threat had been made by the drunk man, who was capable of doing anything in his drunken stupor, and the pilot was nowhere to be seen, taking charge of the situation.
Furthermore, upon arrival in Karachi, PIA had made no arrangements to hand over this man to the authorities. His name and his whereabouts were concealed.
The contentious individual kept changing his seat, but he was seated within the 21 to 23 A-C seating area.
As PIA is a major carrier between the United Kingdom and Pakistan, it is in passenger safety interest that Pakistan International Airlines cabin crew are trained and properly equipped to deal with such volatile situations.
QUDSIA KADRI
Karachi
Mohammed Abbasi 
People like this need to be locked up and they should be made to eat the key, you know my family fly this airline frequently. It also might be a good idea to lock up some of the staff too or give them a refresher course in dealing and diffusing sticky situations.
People like this need to be locked up and they should be made to eat the key, you know my family fly this airline frequently. It also might be a good idea to lock up some of the staff too or give them a refresher course in dealing with or diffusing these sticky situations.