Indian Haj pilgrim dies on the way to Madinah

An Indian Haj pilgrim on the way to Madinah, Saudi Arabia, died following a heart attack, which caused an emergency landing in Riyadh.

Sixty-eight-year-old Momina Khatoon, a native of Biraul in the Darbhanga district of Bihar, was travelling to Madina along with her husband Mohammed Sadrul Haque and



son Mohammed Meraj on a Flydeal flight from Calcutta on Sunday, May 12

Momina felt uneasy, and her condition deteriorated in midair. The pilot alerted for medical emergency assistance and made an emergency landing in Riyadh, where she was rushed to a hospital; however, she was declared dead by doctors.