Passenger dies after Spice Jet plane makes emergency landing

 Thursday, December 26, 2019 

A Spice Jet plane en route Ahmedabad had to make an emergency landing in Indore city on Thursday after a passenger fell ill, officials said. The passenger later died.

The flight landed in Indore after which the airport manager along with the ambulance of the Airport Authority of India (AAI) and on-duty doctors immediately attended to the passenger named Jayvijay Vaghu who was then referred to Banthia Hospital for treatment.

“On 26.12.2019 about 00:15hrs, a flight of Spice Jet SG-406 bound for Ahmedabad from Kolkata required emergency landing due to medical emergency. At about 00:31hrs, the flight landed,” an official statement said.

“At Banthia Hospital the pax was further referred to M Y government hospital Indore for treatment where the ailing passenger was declared dead due to cardiac arrest,” the statement read. The flight departed for its final destination at 2am.

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