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Jeddah-bound IndiGo plane makes emergency landing in Karachi; later flies back to Delhi

Jeddah-bound IndiGo plane makes emergency landing in Karachi; later flies back to Delhi
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KARACHI/ NEW DELHI, Dec 14 (PTI): A Jeddah-bound IndiGo plane was diverted to the Karachi airport on Saturday due to a medical emergency on board and later flew back to Delhi.

Sources in the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) in Pakistan said the aircraft was in the Pakistani airspace when a male passenger fell seriously ill, following which the plane made an emergency landing at the Jinnah International Airport in Karachi.

“There was a medical emergency on board IndiGo flight 6E 63, operating from Delhi to Jeddah,” the airline said in a statement.

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