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Tuesday, December 24, 2024  
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PIA passenger dies of heart attack midair

One person died as three passengers suffered heart attack onboard a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight PK-742 from Jeddah to Islamabad on late Sunday Night

According to the Details,  three passengers were traveling to Islamabad from Jeddah by a PIA flight PK/742 when the three suffered a heart attack.

One of them, who dies on the spot identified as Mahala and the others were shifted to a hospital by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).

As the passengers complained of chest pain, the pilot contacted the control tower at Karachi airport and sought to make an emergency landing which was allowed by the air traffic controller, a doctor’s team and ambulance of the Civil Aviation Authority reached Karachi airport and shifted the other two passengers to the hospital.