IndiGo’s flight lands at Indore airport on account of medical emergency, passenger dies

By PTI

INDORE: An IndiGo flight from Madurai to Delhi was diverted to the Indore airport after a 60-year-old passenger’s well being deteriorated mid-air on Saturday night, a senior official stated.

After the flight landed on the Devi Ahilyabai Holkar worldwide airport, the passenger was taken to a hospital close to the airport the place docs declared him introduced lifeless, he stated.

“As per the initial information, Atul Gupta (60), who was on board the IndiGo Airlines flight 6E-2088, was bleeding from the mouth and his condition deteriorated midway through the journey,” Prabodh Chandra Sharma, Director in-charge of the airport, advised PTI.

Due to a medical emergency, the Madurai-Delhi flight was diverted to Indore and it landed on the native airport round 5:30 pm.

Gupta was despatched to a non-public hospital from the airport the place docs declared him introduced lifeless, Sharma stated.

“According to a doctor who took Gupta from the airport to the hospital, he was already suffering from a heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes,” Sharma stated.

He stated the flight took off for its vacation spot (New Delhi) at 6:40 pm.

A sub-inspector of Aerodrome police station stated the deceased Gupta was a resident of Noida. His physique can be handed over to his kin after postmortem, he added.

INDORE: An IndiGo flight from Madurai to Delhi was diverted to the Indore airport after a 60-year-old passenger’s well being deteriorated mid-air on Saturday night, a senior official stated.

After the flight landed on the Devi Ahilyabai Holkar worldwide airport, the passenger was taken to a hospital close to the airport the place docs declared him introduced lifeless, he stated.

“As per the initial information, Atul Gupta (60), who was on board the IndiGo Airlines flight 6E-2088, was bleeding from the mouth and his condition deteriorated midway through the journey,” Prabodh Chandra Sharma, Director in-charge of the airport, advised PTI.

Due to a medical emergency, the Madurai-Delhi flight was diverted to Indore and it landed on the native airport round 5:30 pm.

Gupta was despatched to a non-public hospital from the airport the place docs declared him introduced lifeless, Sharma stated.

“According to a doctor who took Gupta from the airport to the hospital, he was already suffering from a heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes,” Sharma stated.

He stated the flight took off for its vacation spot (New Delhi) at 6:40 pm.

A sub-inspector of Aerodrome police station stated the deceased Gupta was a resident of Noida. His physique can be handed over to his kin after postmortem, he added.