An IndiGo flight was diverted to Pakistan’s Karachi airport after a passenger fell ill. According to the information, the aircraft was going from Delhi to Doha (Delhi-Doha Plane). However, the passenger died before the flight could land.
Officials said that a passenger on IndiGo airline flight 9E1736 felt unwell, following which the captain of the aircraft contacted the Karachi Air Traffic Control and informed about the medical emergency.
The airline said on Monday, “IndiGo flight 6E-1736, which was going from Delhi to Doha, was diverted to Karachi due to a medical emergency. Unfortunately, the passenger was declared dead on arrival by the airport medical team.”
Earlier on February 20, an Air India flight from New York to Delhi was diverted to London on Monday evening due to a medical emergency.
In a similar incident in mid-January, a Madurai-Delhi IndiGo flight was diverted to the Indore airport after a medical emergency with a passenger.
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