US YouTuber who once slammed flight to India is now stuck in Pakan amid border tensions | Trending
May 09, 2025 02:47 PM American YouTuber Drew Binsky was scheduled to fly home from Islamabad, Pakan. American vlogger Drew Binsky revealed on Thursday that he is stranded in Pakan amid rising tensions between India and Pakan but that he is safe. Pakan closed its airspace for all commercial flights at its major airports in Lahore and Islamabad late Wednesday night. However, the Karachi airport is still operational. American vlogger Drew Binsky has over 5 million YouTube subscribers. (Instagram/drewbinsky) “I’m stuck in Pakan right now due to the conflict with India, and all airports are closed. Thanks for all your thoughts and messages – I’m doing okay,” he wrote in an Instagram post, along with a video which showed him capturing scenes in the northern parts of the country. Binsky, who has over five million subscribers on YouTube and 1.2 million followers on Instagram, said he plans to explore the northern regions of Pakan until he can leave the country. In the video, he said he is in a location close to Pakan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), and showed visuals of locals carrying out a protest. Binsky said his original plan was to fly back to the United States from Islamabad this weekend. His Plan B is to travel to Kabul road and catch a flight home from the Afghan capital. When Drew Binsky visited IndiaIncidentally, Binsky had travelled to India a few months ago and documented his experiences. In December last year, he described flying business class from London to Amritsar as the “worst business class” flight of his life. The YouTuber had said his seat was broken and that he had to “eat his meal on a pillow covered in human hair”. Over a month later, Drew Binsky shared his disappointment of missing the Mahakumbh Mela after being stuck in traffic for 19 hours. He said he spent the night in his car with his driver. (Also Read: US travel vlogger stuck in traffic for 19 hours, fails to reach Mahakumbh) News / Trending / US YouTuber who once slammed flight to India is now stuck in Pakan amid border tensions See Less
