A Doha-bound Air IndiGo flight made an emergency landing in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi in the wee hours of Monday, the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA) said, after a passenger died aboard the aircraft.
The Indian airliner was 16 nautical miles east of Panjgur when the pilot requested to divert it toward Karachi, according to a PCAA spokesperson.
The pilot had requested for a doctor and an ambulance, saying that a 60-year-old Nigerian national was aboard with respiratory and pulse failure.
The CAA spokesperson confirmed that a flight of Indian airlines was going to Dubai from New Delhi when the health of a passenger worsened mid-flight.
“The plane landed at around 12:12am with 163 passengers aboard,” the PCAA spokesperson said in a statement on Monday.
The Air IndiGo plane left for Doha, Qatar at 4:06am, according to the statement.
The aircraft also took the body of the deceased Nigerian national to Doha.
