On February 20, Saudia Boeing 777-300ER aircraft registration HZ-AK21 performing Dhaka to Riyadh flight SV805 landed in Karachi due to a passenger feeling unwell aboard the aircraft. The passenger after undergoing medical checkup & treatment in Karachi was allowed to continue his journey to Saudi Arabia aboard the same aircraft.
The aircraft landed on Karachi Airport Runway 25L at 7:26 AM and left Karachi at 8:45 AM to resume flight SV805 to Riyadh via Dammam. The Saudi Boeing 777 stayed at Karachi Airport for about 1 hour & 19 minutes.
Safwan Waqas wrote: Sat Feb 24, 2024 3:03 am
What I've heard, Indian ATC denied the aircraft cuz the man was a Muslim. Which makes no sense
In suspious probably fake news websites its written but its very doubtful that Indian ATC didnt allow because of Bangladeshi. There can be many operational reasons while diversion can change . Nowadays one have to be very careful in accepting or not accepting stuff written on internet especially if it comes from un-authentic sources
I find it odd that they were diverting to India to begin with, looks like maybe they tried heading to Mumbai initially? Karachi definitely seemed closer prior to their course change.
As for the turn around, fuel dumping? Maybe the Indians denied due to it being closer to KHI, yet captain preemptively went to bom? Possibly indian atc said come to bom but supervisor denied? Do they need visa for diversion?
