60-year-old passenger starts bleeding on IndiGo flight, dies after emergency landing

An IndiGo flight from Madurai to Delhi was diverted to Indore airport on Saturday evening after a 60-year-old passenger on the flight started bleeding from the mouth mid-air.

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The passenger identified as Atul Gupta (60), was rushed to a hospital near Indore's Devi Ahilyabai Holkar international airport. According to doctors, the passenger was brought dead.

The emergency flight landing occurred around 5:30 pm at the local airport, Indore.

Gupta was sent to a private hospital from the airport where doctors declared him brought dead, Sharma said.

The flight took off to Delhi at 6:40 pm from Indore.

According to reports, Gupta was a resident of Noida. Police officials said that the body will be handed over to his relatives after postmortem.