

In a statement, the airline said it was making arrangements for transferring other passengers on the flight. Once on the ground, officials from the Civil Aviation Authority and doctors from the Federal Ministry of Health attended to the passenger’s remains and issued a death certificate. It added, “We are deeply saddened by the news and our prayers and wishes are with his family and loved ones.” “Unfortunately, on arrival, the passenger was declared dead by the airport medical team,” the airline said. The 60-year-old passenger, identified as Abdullah, was a Nigerian citizen and passed away before the plane landed.

Upon being informed of the medical emergency by the flight’s captain, Karachi Air Traffic Control cleared the Indian airline’s plane for landing. New Delhi: Two days after reports emerged that Air India pilots had received unexpected praise from a Pakistani air traffic controller (ATC) in Karachi for operating emergency flights during the Covid-19 pandemic, an open-source intelligence (OSINT) handle has put out data contradicting the reports. The flight, en route from Delhi to Doha, was diverted to the Jinnah International Airport in Pakistan’s Karachi due to the medical emergency on board. 2:19 PM Pakistan CAA calls for tenders for new ATC tower and fire station at Karachi airport CAPA News Briefs CAPA publishes more than 1,000 global News Briefs every week, covering all aspects of the aviation and travel industry. An aircraft of India’s IndiGo Airlines Monday made an emergency landing at Karachi airport after a passenger passed away during the flight.Īccording to the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), the IndiGo flight 6E-1736 took off from Delhi at 10:17 pm Sunday night. We have new June 2023 Air Traffic Control Jobs, May 2023 and April 2023 jobs from all cities including Karachi, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Faisalabad.
