Pakistan airline denies it had 'extra' passengers standing
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Islamabad, Pakistan
PAKISTAN'S national carrier said Sunday it would investigate allegations that a plane flew from Karachi to Saudi Arabia carrying seven extra passengers, but denied they stood in the aisles for the three-hour journey.
The probe was ordered after a report in the English-language daily Dawn. The paper said the Jan 20 flight to Medina carried 416 passengers, seven more than its capacity of 409 including jump seats, in a serious breach of air safety regulations. The newspaper quoted sources as saying that in case of an emergency, passengers without seats would not have access to oxygen masks and could block an emergency evacuation.
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