A flight bound for Abu Dhabi from Kuala Lampur with 186 passengers made an emergency landing at the Chennai International Airport early on Saturday after one of the passengers complained of chest pain.
The Air Berlin flight, which took off from Kuala Lampur late on Friday night, was flying over Chennai when the passenger, Paul Rein, 38, a native of Nagercoil, complained of severe chest pain.
The captain contacted the Air Traffic Control (ATC) of Chennai airport and sought permission for an emergency landing.
The ATC got permission from the authorities in Delhi and made arrangements for the landing.
A medical team examined the passenger when the Air Berlin flight landed at 10 minutes past midnight and rushed him to a corporate hospital for treatment, airport sources said.
Hospital sources said the condition of the patient was stable. The aircraft took off for Abu Dhabi at 3.10 am, after a delay of about three hours, the source said.