At least three passengers including a women suffered a cardiac arrest during a Pakistan International Airline (PIA) flight.

According to the details, the passengers were traveling to Islamabad from Jeddah by a PIA flight PK/742 when the three suffered a heart attack from which a woman died.

One of the passengers, identified as Mahala, died on the spot while the others were shifted to a hospital by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).

According to sources, the captain contacted the control tower at Karachi Airport and sought medical emergency permission.

The plane made an emergency landing which was allowed by the air traffic controller.

As the plane touched down on the airport, a doctor’s team and ambulance of the CAA reached Karachi airport and shifted the other two passengers to the hospital.