Blitz Bureau
NEW DELHI: A Mumbai-bound Ethiopian Airlines flight reportedly made an emergency landing in Mumbai after seven people onboard fell ill. The passengers fell ill after the aircraft – a Boeing 787 Dreamliner – experienced a depressurization problem mid-air, according to a PTI report. The issue started when the plane was flying over the Arabian Sea at a cruising altitude of 33,000 feet.
The flight then faced a cabin depressurization issue, following which the pilots made the decision to make a rapid descent to a lower altitude, as per data accessed from Flightradar24.
The plane – ET640 – then made an emergency landing early morning at 1.42 am, following which the seven sick passengers were attended to by the airport’s medical team. One of them required hospitalisation, a source said. It could not independently verify the details. An official statement from the airline or airport authorities is awaited.
The incident comes close on the heels of another similar one on June 24, wherein crew members and five passengers on an Air India flight travelling from London to Mumbai fell ill. Passengers on the flight AI 130 began feeling symptoms of food poisoning, including nausea and dizziness.
