Bhubaneswar: A Mumbai-Ranchi IndiGo Airline flight made an unscheduled landing at Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport in Nagpur on Monday evening after a passenger, Devanand Tiwari, started vomiting blood around 8 pm.
Following the emergency landing, he was rushed to a government medical college where he was declared brought dead.
In a statement, DGM, Branding and Communications of KIMS Hospital in Nagpur, Aejaz Shami said that the 62-year-old male passenger was suffering from CKD and tuberculosis and vomited blood on board. He was brought dead to the KIMS hospital and the body was taken to Government Medical College and Hospital for further procedures, he added.
Following the necessary medical procedures and clearance, the flight resumed its journey from Nagpur and to Ranchi.
In a statement, the IndiGo Airline said, “IndiGo flight 6E 5093, operating from Mumbai to Ranchi was diverted to Nagpur due to a medical emergency on board. The passenger was offloaded and was rushed to the hospital for further medical assistance. Unfortunately, the passenger did not survive. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and loved ones.”
This came days after an IndiGo pilot, who was assigned to operate a Nagpur-Pune flight (6E135), collapsed at the boarding gate of Nagpur airport and passed away while being taken to a hospital.
