Air India flight lands at Jamnagar IAF base after passenger suffers cardiac arrest

Air India aircraft on Delhi – Muscat route, on Sunday night had an emergency landing at Jamnagar based Indian Air Force(IAF) base in Gujarat due to a medical emergency of an Indian passenger onboard. The patient was then rushed to the Jamnagar civil hospital accompanied by an IAF doctor.

Ahmedabad: An Air India flight from Delhi to Muscat was diverted to Jamnagar Air Force base Sunday night after a 33-year-old passenger suffered a cardiac arrest onboard.

After landing at the Indian Air Force base, the patient was rushed to the Jamnagar civil hospital accompanied by an IAF doctor.

"AI 973 Delhi Muscat flight diverted to Jamnagar Air Force Base at 2230 with an Indian passenger aged 33 suffering cardiac arrest in flight. IAF responded promptly. Diversion to civil airfield would have taken more time. The patient was shifted to the hospital accompanied by IAF doc," PRO Defence Gujarat Puneet Chadha said in a tweet late on Sunday night.

He later said the patient was taken to Guru Govind Singh Hospital for treatment. Name of the patient was not known immediately.

It is rare when commercial flights are allowed to land on IAF bases.

However, Chadha said in the tweet that IAF responded quickly as the flight diversion to civil airfield would have taken more time.