European air safety agency warns airlines of high risk while flying at low altitudes in Karachi and Lahore . Aircraft Owners and Operators Association of Pakistan AOOA also disputed the safety warning insisting that Pakistans airspace is safe and protected against intrusions .
EASA said that due to the current security situation in Pakistan with the presence of violent nonstate actor groups with confirmed antiaviation weaponry possibly MANPADS manportable airdefence systems there was a continued possible threat to civil aviation .
The Kashmir region remains the site of a territorial dispute with sporadic military operations posing a potential inadvertent risk to aviation due to a potential risk for misidentification in case of military escalation particularly in the Lahore region .
Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority PCAA said that the countrys airspace was safe for flights operation. It said the advisory had created an excuse to exclude Pakistan from economic activity by creating scares. Pakistan airports were also safe for flight operations and several commercial and private flights were operating daily in the country’s airports are also safe to operate daily.
The advisory is valid until Jan next year also mentioned that the Kashmir region also mentioned in the statement of military operations in the Kashmir Region . The advisory also mentioned by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency EASa also said that Kashmir region is a potential potential risk of misidentifications.
The agency recommended operators should take this information into account in their own risk assessments. The AOOa also recommended that operators should consider this information. The Advisory is also recommended to be a potential for a potential. It also recommended operators to take this data into account.
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