Emergency landing of a Tunisian plane in Algeria

Algerian radio said that a Tunisian Airlines plane made an emergency landing at Houari Boumediene Airport in the capital, Algiers, on Tuesday, after a Moroccan passenger fell ill.

According to the radio, the Moroccan passenger was quickly transported immediately after the plane landed by civil protection agents to Mustafa Pasha University Hospital to receive treatment.

More details about the causes of the health illness were not immediately clear.

The Tunisian Airlines plane was on its flight this afternoon from Tunis-Carthage International Airport to Mohammed V Airport in Casablanca.