A six-month-old infant girl, who was suffering from a heart ailment, died on board a flight from Patna to Delhi early Thursday, officials said.
The child was accompanied by her parents and they were flying to Delhi for her medical treatment. Deputy commissioner of police (Delhi airport) Sanjay Bhatia said they received information that the child had died on board SpiceJet flight SG 8481.
“Our teams reached the airport and found that the child, from Begusarai in Bihar, was suffering from a congenital heart disease. She had a small hole in her heart and she was undergoing treatment at AIIMS, New Delhi,” Bhatia said.
