Emirates flight makes emergency landing

Chennai: A Manila bound Dubai-Manila Emirates flight with 446 passengers and crew made an emergency landing at Anna International airport here today, as one of its passengers suffered severe chest pain.
Airport sources said, as the flight was approaching Chennai, the passenger Paraso Mathew (43), hailing from Philipines complained to the crew members that he was suffering from severe chest pain. The matter was informed to the pilots, who in turn contacted the Air Trafic control (ATC) for their permission for emergency landing.
The flight landed around 1710 hrs.
Soon after the flight landed, the airport medical team rushed to the passenger and gave first aid. As his condition was critical, the immigration authorities issued a temporary visa to the patient.Later, he was admitted to a private hospital at Guindy.
17/07/07 UNI/NewKerala.com

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