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Passenger suffers heart attack; flight makes emergency landing in Chennai

Passenger taken to a private hospital and the flight takes off after a 45-minute delay.

Chennai: A private flight bound for Hong Kong made an emergency landing here on Monday after a passenger on board suffered a heart attack.

The flight, which took off from Bangalore this morning was flying above Chennai airspace when the 48-year old man, a native of that city, suffered a heart attack, airport sources said.

The flight made an emergency landing here around 10 AM after the pilots contacted Air Traffic Control here,they said.

The passenger was rushed to a private hospital and the flight took off to its onward destination after a 45-minute delay, they added.

( Source : PTI )
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