Air India plane makes emergency landing at Istanbul airport

ISTANBUL

An Air India plane bound for London made an emergency landing at Istanbul’s Atatürk Airport on Dec. 4 after one of its passengers fell ill, Doğan News Agency has reported.

The passenger on board the Boeing 787 plane, which took off from Ahmedabad, felt ill in the Turkish airspace, as the pilot decided to make an emergency landing at the nearest airport, which was Istanbul’s Atatürk Airport.

The plane landed at the airport at 10:53 a.m.

The passenger reportedly suffered from a heart attack and was hospitalized.

The plane later continued its way to London.