Midair medical crisis on GoAir

Ahmedabad: A Pune-Delhi budget airline flight was forced to make an emergency landing in Ahmedabad airport late on Monday evening when one of its passengers, 73-year-old Mohanlal Sahni, collapsed on-board with a heart problem. He was shifted to a corporate hospital where it was found that he had suffered a massive cardiac arrest after his pace-maker mysteriously stopped functioning.
Meanwhile, another passenger of Finnish origin Ranki Eskolimari was shifted from the Ahmedabad airport after he complained of severe breathlessness. He is a heart patient and was shifted to the hospital by 108 emergency services.
It was high-drama on air when Sahni complained of severe chest pain on board and collapsed. Since the plane was over Ahmedabad, the pilot sought permission for an emergency landing.
Airport officials said that air traffic control at Sardar Patel International Airport received an SOS asking for emergency landing. The pilot even asked officials to keep a medical team ready. Airspace was cleared for the Pune-Delhi flight which was given top priority. As the flight landed AAI doctors attended to the patients who were later shifted to Apollo Hospital.
Officials said that the flight landed at the airport at 6.43 in the evening and left at 7.36 pm.
29/12/10 Times of India

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