NEW DELHI: New Delhi: A GoAir charter flight headed from Riyadh to Delhi diverted to Karachi on Tuesday night due to a medical emergency on board. A passenger suffered a cardiac arrest on board and was administered medical aid, including cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), but given his condition the pilots decided to land at the nearest airport which happened to be Karachi.
“Unfortunately on medical examination after landing, the passenger was declared dead. All possible medical assistance was given onboard the aircraft to the passenger,” said an airline official.
The aircraft, an Airbus A320 (VT-WGT), had flown from Delhi to Riyadh as a ferry flight — meaning without passengers as Saudi currently does not allow passengers from India — on Tuesday to fly back Indians from there home. It was operating as G8 6658 and was in Pakistan airspace on its way back to Delhi with passengers when a person on board fainted. When the first response aid administered on board did not lead to any improvement in the passenger’s condition, the flight landed at the nearest airport to save his life.
