Pakistan airline says investigating report of overloaded flight

By Saad Sayeed
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan International Airlines said on Monday that it was investigating reports that more passengers than the maximum allowed had traveled on an international flight, adding it launched disciplinary measures against the crew.
A PIA spokesman denied a newspaper report that seven extra passengers were forced to stand for the 3-hour flight from Karachi to Medina in Saudi Arabia on Jan. 20.
“It is not possible for anyone to travel like that in an ai