Bangalore, Sep 4 - India's Minister for External Affairs S.M. Krishna arrived here safely Friday from Dubai by a United Arab Emirates (UAE) flight after his previous flight to New Delhi had to make an emergency landing in Karachi late Thursday due to bad weather in the national capital.

'Krishna took Emirates flight EK-564 from Dubai at 03.30 (local time) and arrived here at 09.10 IST. He is fine and resting,' his official adviser told IANS here.

Krishna was returning to India after curtailing his four-day official visit to Brasilia on hearing about the tragic death of Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy in a chopper crash Wednesday.

'The original schedule was to reach Hyderabad from New Delhi Friday morning to pay homage to the departed leader. Since the flight from Dubai to New Delhi could not land Thursday night, Krishna flew to Bangalore, as there was no direct flight to Hyderabad from Dubai in the early hours,' the official said.

When Krishna's UAE flight to New Delhi was denied permission to land due to inclement weather, it was diverted to Karachi at 10.00 p.m. Thursday. From Karachi, it was flown back to Dubai an hour later after re-fuelling.