Flight makes emergency landing at Nagpur for ‘medical reason’, passenger dies

NAGPUR: A Delhi-bound IndiGo flight made 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, Chhotusingh Naryansingh 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 here said.