ISLAMABAD – A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight en route fromSaudi Arabia to Pakistan had to make an emergency landing after threepassengers on board suffered a heart attack.
Flight PK 742, that flew from Jeddah for Islamabad, was midway when theelderly passengers namely Mahala Begum, Sabra Bibi, and Mohammad Rafiquebegan to complain of chest pain. The doctors on board recommended the pilotto make an emergency landing at the nearest airport.
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The pilot then contacted the control tower at Karachi and was subsequentlyallowed to land at the Jinnah International Airport.
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By the time the plane touched the ground, one of the passengers hadsuccumbed to heart failure. The passenger identified as Mahala Begum was aresident of Swabi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
The other two passengers were shifted to a hospital by the Civil AviationAuthority (CAA).
