A Bangladesh-bound Air Arabia flight made an unscheduled landing at the Nagpur airport on Wednesday morning after an elderly passenger fell ill on board the aircraft.
The flight (G9526), heading to Chittagong in Bangladesh from Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), was redirected to Nagpur, where it landed at 5.40 am and the ailing passenger was immediately attended to by medical staff at the airport and later admitted to a city hospital.
The aircraft left for its destination at 7.15 am.