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IndiGo flight makes emergency landing after woman dies onboard
The woman, identified as Sushila Devi, started feeling unwell mid-air soon after the flight took off. She was a native of Uttar Pradesh's Mirzapur.
An IndiGo flight was forced to make an emergency landing at Chikalthana Airport in Maharashtra’s Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar after an elderly woman, 89, died onboard on Sunday night, news agency PTI reported citing an airport official.
The Varanasi-bound flight had taken off from Mumbai.
The woman, identified as Sushila Devi, started feeling unwell mid-air soon after the flight took off. Owing to the medical emergency, the flight was forced make emergency landing at the Chikalthana Airport at around 10 pm on Sunday, however, till the time the medical team examined the woman on landing, she had already died, the official told PTI.
"IndiGo flight 6E-5028, operating from Mumbai to Varanasi, was diverted to Aurangabad (Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar) on April 6 due to a medical emergency onboard. Despite prompt medical attention, the passenger's condition did not improve and she was declared deceased onboard," the private airline said.
In their statement, the airline said it "followed" all standard safety operating procedures to ensure the well-being of passengers and crew on board.
IndiGo also stated that they were in close contact with the family members of the deceased, and had offered their "support and assistance" as needed.
The woman was a native of Uttar Pradesh's Mirzapur.
The flight left for Varanasi after the police completed the necessary formalities. The woman's body was sent to the Government Medical College and Hospital in Chhatrapati Sambhjinagar, according to IndiGo.
Last week, a passenger on an Air India flight was found to be "unwell" when he arrived from Delhi at Lucknow's Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport.
He was provided first aid before being transported to a hospital in an Advanced Life Support ambulance, however, he unfortunately passed away. A fellow passenger told The Times of India, that the deceased was motionless while on the flight, and a group of doctors on the flight had found no pulse when they examined him.
With PTI inputs.
