60-year-old starts bleeding on flight, dies after emergency landing

Indore: An IndiGo flight on its way from Madurai to Delhi was rushed to Indore airport after an elderly passenger became seriously ill on Saturday evening.

After the flight landed at the Devi Ahilyabai Holkar international airport, the 60-year-old passenger was taken to a hospital near the airport where doctors declared him brought dead, an official said.

"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, told PTI.

Due to a medical emergency, the Madurai-Delhi flight was diverted to Indore and it landed at the local airport around 5:30 pm.

Gupta was sent to a private hospital from the airport where doctors declared him brought dead, Sharma said.

"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 said.

He said the flight took off for its destination (New Delhi) at 6:40 pm.

A sub-inspector of Aerodrome police station said the deceased Gupta was a resident of Noida. His body would be handed over to his relatives after postmortem, he added.

PTI with minor edits