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Qatar Airways made an emergency landing, at an airport in Pakistan’s port city, Karachi, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) of Pakistan said, yesterday.
The CAA said in a statement that, the landing was carried out late Monday night, at Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport, after a Filipino pregnant woman suffered pain during the flight.
The woman was given first aid on the flight, the CAA said, adding that, a doctor and an ambulance were present when the plane landed, while the child was born by that time.
The woman and her child were shifted to a local hospital, and the flight departed in a couple of hours, early yesterday morning, the statement said.
The flight was going from Doha to Manila, according to the CAA
Source: Nam News Network