An Air Cairo flight bound for Malaga had to make an emergency landing at Malta International Airport on Monday afternoon after a passenger was taken ill.  

Flight MSC2723 took off from Cairo at 10:12am on Monday and landed in Malta shortly before 1pm, according to flight tracking website flightaware.com.  

The flight path of the Boeing 737-800, according to flight tracking website flightaware.com.The flight path of the Boeing 737-800, according to flight tracking website flightaware.com.

The Boeing 737-800 was forced to make the unplanned stop after a 55-year-old passenger fell ill on the flight, sources told Times of Malta.

It is understood the man has since been taken to hospital where he is undergoing treatment.  The flight departed Malta at 2.30pm.

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