Indian plane makes emergency landing in Karachi after passenger dies on board

An Indian Airline flying from Sharjah to Lucknow made an emergency landing in Karachi after a passenger died during the flight on Monday.

According to reports, IndiGo Airline’s Flight Number 6E1412 entered Pakistani airspace around 4:00 am via Iran when the passenger fell ill. The captain then contacted the air traffic control and requested an emergency landing on humanitarian grounds at the Karachi airport.

After the approval of the request, the airline made an emergency landing at Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport at 5:30 am.

The Pakistani medical team said that the passenger had fallen sick and passed away due to cardiac arrest.

This is not the first time that Pakistan has allowed an Indian plane to make an emergency landing in Karachi. In November last year, an Indian plane flying from Saudi Arabia made an emergency landing in Karachi as a passenger aboard the flight died of a heart attack.

As the plane touched the ground, a doctor at Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport was requested to attend to him but the man died before he could be administered medical aid.