The plane 6E 1412, was diverted from its route and had to make an emergency landing on the Karachi airport after a passenger suffered a medical emergency.
A Lucknow-bound IndiGo flight from Sharjah made an emergency landing in Karachi district of Pakistan due to a medical emergency on Tuesday. The plane 6E 1412, was diverted from its route and had to make an emergency landing on the Karachi airport after a passenger suffered a medical emergency.
The passenger was declared dead on arrival in Karachi by the airport medical team, said the statement released by IndiGo. "IndiGo flight 6E 1412 from Sharjah to Lucknow was diverted to Karachi due to a medical emergency. Unfortunately, the passenger could not be revived and was declared dead on arrival by the airport medical team," the statement said. The airlines condoled the death of the deceased and expressed condolences to the family of the passenger.
Earlier this month, an Indian air ambulance had made an emergency landing at the Islamabad airport for refuelling while in November 2020, a Delhi-bound GoAir plane too made an emergency landing at Karachi after a passenger onboard suffered cardiac arrest and later died.
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