BENGALURU: An AirAsia India flight carrying 169 passengers from Bengaluru to Kolkata has to be diverted to Bhubaneshwar mid-way after a 33-year-old male passenger developed health issues onboard. He was rushed to a hospital after the flight reached the airport but was declared dead.
Flight No I5 2472 took off at 6.20 am from Bengaluru. Taimur Ali Khan, in his early thirties, was a native of Medinipur in West Bengal and told the crew mid-way during the flight that he was unwell. The flight was immediately diverted to the Biju Patnaik International Airport. Doctors at Capital Hospital at Bhubaneshwar where he was taken pronounced him dead.
