India, June 28 -- A Mumbai-bound Ethiopian airlines flight reportedly made an emergency landing in the city on Friday after seven people onboard fell ill.

The passengers fell ill after the aircraft - a Boeing 787 Dreamliner - experienced a depressurisation problem mid-air, according to a Times of India report. The issue started when the plane was flying over the Arabian Sea at a cruising altitude of 33,000 feet.

The flight then faced a cabin depressurisation issue, following which the pilots made the decision to make a rapid descent to a lower altitude, as per data accessed from Flightradar24.

The plane - ET640 - then made an emergency landing early morning at 1.42 am, following which the seven sick passengers were attended to by the a...