Muscat: A Chennai-bound Oman Air flight from Muscat made an emergency landing at Goa International Airport on Thursday after a passenger was taken ill, the airline said in a statement.
The statement added that flight WY 251 later arrived at Chennai Airport and was expected to land at Muscat International Airport at 5.14pm Oman time.
The woman was reported sick mid-air as she suffered cardiac arrest and later died, according to Indian media reports.
Oman Air apologised for the lengthy wait and inconvenience caused.
On July 17, a tyre of an Oman Air plane flying in from Muscat burst while landing at Dar es Salaam airport in Tanzania.
The airline said there were no injuries in the incident on flight WY 707, a Boeing aircraft. There were 158 passengers and six crew members on board.
Preliminary investigations showed that the tyre burst was caused by identified object on the runway.
On July 13, a bomb threat delayed the departure of Oman Air flight from India’s Trivandrum Airport to Muscat International Airport.
In April, an Oman Air flight from Muscat experienced two burst tyres while landing at Abu Dhabi Airport. The flight took off from Muscat with 150 passengers and seven crew members on board. There were no injuries.
Last May, two Oman Air flights headed to Muscat were diverted to Al Ain following the emergency landing of an Air Arabia flight at Muscat International Airport.
