On April 27th, 2012, PIA Flight PK-586 was a Boeing aircraft that had 50 passengers and 5 crewmembers on a flight from Karachi to Bahawalpur. On April 27th, 2012, a passenger named Ahmed Javed Ansari got into an argument with an airhostess and then threatened to hijack the plane.

The airhostess informed the captain about the situation and he, taking international safety procedure under such circumstances, flew the plane back to Jinnah International Airport, Karachi. The flight was into its 20-minute course that the drama happened. After the plane’s safe landing in Karachi, the Airport Security Force (ASF) checked the plane and cleared it. None of the passengers were hurt and the same plane was allowed to make its destination without Javed Ansari who was taken into custody by ASF.

He is a textile engineer who lives in Defence Phase II Karachi and made the claim to hijack the plane as a “joke”. No case was however registered against him by the police, but the investigation is underway.