New Delhi: Doha-bound IndiGo flight was diverted to Pakistan’s Karachi due to a medical emergency onboard, news agency ANI quoted an airline official as saying on Monday.
Upon arrival, the airport medical team, however, declared the passenger, identified as a Nigerian national, dead. He had passed away before the flight could make the landing. “We are deeply saddened by the news and our prayers and wishes are with his family and loved ones,” IndiGo said in the statement.
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The flight 6E-1736 was operating from Delhi to Doha in Qatar. The airline added that it was making arrangements for transferring the other passengers of the flight, in coordination with the relevant authorities.
