Passenger pronounced dead after Dhaka-bound flight makes emergency landing

A sick passenger travelling to Dhaka was pronounced dead on Monday after a foreign airline made an emergency landing at the Jinnah International Airport in Karachi.

The Pakistan Airports Authority spokesperson said the Sharjah-Dhaka flight was granted permission for medical emergency landing upon deterioration of the passenger’s health condition. A doctor pronounced the 42-year-old Bangladeshi passenger dead after a checkup, the spokesperson said, adding the flight took off for Bangladesh after 6am taking the dead body.

Meanwhile, Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority sources told Geo News that the flight number G-9512 landed at the airport after permission from the air traffic controller Karachi. The plane was travelling from Sharjah to Dhaka. The PCAA spokesperson said the body was handed over to the airline after completion of the medico-legal formalities.