Delhi-bound IndiGo flight emergency lands in Nagpur, flier dies

Tuesday, March 16, 2021

An Indigo flight bound for Delhi Chennai had to make an emergency landing at Nagpur airport, after a 65-year-old passenger complained of health issues, although he died by the time he was taken to a hospital, police said on Sunday. The incident occurred on Saturday, they said.

The man, ChhotusinghNaryansingh Yadav (65), a resident of Gaya in Bihar, had boarded the flight at Chennai on Saturday morning. However, mid-flight, he complained to the plane staff that he was experiencing health problems, an official of Sonegaon police station in Nagpur said.

Therefore, the flight made an emergency landing at the Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport in Nagpur. He was rushed to the city-based Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), where doctors declared him brought dead, he said.

A case of accidental death was registered by the police.

The standard operating procedure was carried out under prevalent international civil aviation laws.
Under these codes, civil aviation flights ferrying civilians under duress are allowed to land at airports that are not in their original schedule.

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