KARACHI – A flight of Saudi Airlines made an emergency landing in southern port city of Karachi on Tuesday due to a medical emergency.
Reports said flight SV 802 took off from Dhaka in wee hours and heading to Riyadh when health condition of a passenger deteriorated when the plane was flying in Indian airspace.
Reports said the pilot contacted the Indian officials but they denied permission for emergency landing, forcing the pilot to contact the air traffic controller in Pakistan.
The Pakistani air traffic controller allowed the flight to land at the Karachi airport on humanitarian grounds. As the plane landed, a medical team examined the passenger and provided him medical aid.
The passenger identified as 44-year-old Abu Tahir had medical history of high blood pressure. The flight departed from Karachi after the patient was declared stable by the doctors.
