Syria bound Pak cargo plane forced to land in Turkey, cleared

ANKARA: Pakistani cargo plane on way from Kyrgyzstan to Syria was forced to land in Turkey and later cleared by the officials after search, Geo News reported on Sunday morning.

Foreign news agency said that the cargo plane of a Pakistani company that took off from Kyrgyzstan’s Bishkek airport passing through the Turkish airspace was forced to land in Ankara.

Later, the Turk officials after search cleared the plane, which would proceed to Damascus today.

The officials said that the plane was found carrying blankets, which the Chinese company had sent for Syria Red Cross.