Dubai-Bound SpiceJet Flight lands in Karachi due to medical emergency

A SpiceJet flight was on its way to Dubai after taking off from Ahmedabad was diverted to Karachi following a medical emergency on board. The flight landed at Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport on Tuesday night after a passenger complained of low sugar levels.

On humanitarian grounds, the plane was granted permission to land, and it remained grounded for nearly 2 hours. Later, it was refuelled and was allowed to continue its journey to Dubai.

SpiceJet officials revealed that the flight SG-15 landed in Karachi around 9:30 PM and medical assistance was offered to the passenger. "The Boeing 737 aircraft was going from Ahmedabad to Dubai when a 27-year old passenger, Dharwal Darmesh, suffered a suspected heart attack and needed medical attention," a spokesperson of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said here.

He said a medical team of the CAA gave emergency medical attention to the passenger whose sugar level had fallen and was experiencing palpitations.

Earlier on Tuesday night, a spokesperson of the airline in New Delhi said the SpiceJet plane flying from Ahmedabad to Dubai was diverted to Karachi.