Medina-Kuala Lumpur flight makes emergency landing in Chennai

CHENNAI: The Medina-Kuala Lumpur flight made an emergency landing at Chennai airport on Wednesday after a passenger suffered sudden cardiac arrest.

The Saudi Airlines flight from Medina was heading towards Malaysia with 272 passengers on Wednesday morning. When the flight was crossing Chennai, Adnam Bin Math (55) of Malaysia suffered severe chest pain and became unconscious. Soon, the pilot was informed and since Chennai was the nearest airport, the pilot contacted the ATC and sought permission for a medical emergency.

The Chennai airport officials after getting permission from Delhi allowed the flight to make an emergency landing in Chennai. The flight landed at noon and the medical team that rushed inside the flight checked the passenger and found that he had died already due to a sudden cardiac arrest.

The immigration officials were allowed to take the body for post-mortem examination to the Chromepet GH and also issued temporary visas to Adnam's wife. The airport police sent the body for post-mortem and then after three hours, the flight departed to Malaysia from Chennai with 270 passengers. The body is expected to be taken to Malaysia in a cargo flight in a couple of days.