Plane with 2 Israelis aboard makes emergency Pakistan landing, claims Israeli media
Two Israeli citizens spent few hours on the tarmac on Thursday morning when their flight from Dubai to Sri Lanka made an emergency landing in Pakistan, that does not have diplomatic ties with the Jewish state, claimed Israeli media on late Wednesday night.
According to Israeli media The Flydubai flight was forced to make an emergency landing in Karachi late Wednesday when one of its passengers fell ill and required a medical evacuation. The Israelis onboard contacted the Foreign Ministry during the stop, while all passengers were required to remain on the plane.
The plane took off a few hours later without incident, the Israeli Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Thursday morning, noting that authorities had ensured the safety of the Israeli passengers.
Meanwhile Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Spokesman while talking to a digital platform Independent Urdu said that the flight was allowed to land on humanitarian basis as one of the passenger was in critical condition who later died as doctor attended on Karachi airport.
On the question of two Israeli passengers travelling on the same flight, the CAA spokesman denied any knowledge of it.
Foreign Office spokesperson Mumtaz Zehra Baloch told media that Fly Dubai flight for Colombo was allowed to land in Karachi on pure medical basis as there was a woman who complained of her medical condition.
