Emirates passenger dies on board flight

An Emirates passenger aircraft en route from Dubai to Ghana made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday after one of its passengers died during flight, a Saudi newspaper reported on Wednesday.

The plane has just taken off from Dubai and was heading for the Ghanaian capital Accra when the passenger, a citizen of Ghana, suffered from health problems and died, the Arabic language daily Sabq said.

It said the pilot landed in Riyadh where the victim was taken off the plane with his wife, adding that Emirates contacted Ghana’s embassy in Riyadh to receive the body.

“Emirates contacted the Ghanaian embassy to receive the body and facilitate its transport to the deceased’s home country,” Sabq said without specifying the passenger’s age or mentioning how he died.