IndiGo flight makes emergency landing in Pak, passenger dead on arrival

An IndiGo flight from Sharjah to Lucknow made an emergency landing at Karachi in Pakistan on Tuesday due to a medical emergency.

The passenger who experienced the medical emergency, however, could not be saved and was declared dead on arrival at the airport in Karachi, officials said.

An official of the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority said the landing permission was granted to the Captain of the Lucknow-bound IndiGo flight 6E1412 after an elderly passenger – identified as 67-year-old Habib ur Rehman – fell seriously ill.