DOHA: A Qatar Airways flight to an Indian city was diverted back to Doha early yesterday after a passenger complained of chest pain, according to reports in local Malayalam dailies.
The passenger, Padhmarajan, 40, complained of chest pain as soon as the flight took off at around 2am yesterday for Calicut in the south Indian state of Kerala.
Padhmarajan was rushed to the emergency unit of Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) where he was declared dead.
The deceased had been living in Doha with family. It is not known if someone from his family was accompanying him in the flight.
His body was to be flown home to Calicut early today. Qatar Airways couldn’t be immediately contacted for comment.
The Peninsula
