PIA clarifies reports

A spokesman for the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) on Sunday clarified media reports regarding flight PK-719 (Lahore-Milan-Paris) having a technical fault before its take off from Lahore, and termed such reports as "totally baseless and misleading".
"The aircraft was fully airworthy at the time of take off from Lahore. Probably a bird or some other foreign object hit the tail of the aircraft, slightly damaging it, shortly before it landed at Milan", the spokesman for the national flag carrier said.