NEW DELHI: An IndiGo Airlines flight from Mumbai to Varanasi made an emergency landing at Maharashtra’s Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar airport after an 89-year-old passenger died onboard on Sunday night.
The passenger, Sushila Devi from Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh, began feeling unwell during the flight, prompting the emergency landing at Chikalthana Airport around 10 pm.
A medical team that examined the passenger upon landing confirmed she had already passed away.
The MIDC CIDCO police station completed the necessary formalities before the flight continued its journey to Varanasi.
The deceased passenger’s body was transferred to the Government Medical College and Hospital in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, according to airline officials.
In a separate incident last month, a Chennai-bound flight from Jaipur experienced a tyre burst before its scheduled landing. The pilot detected the issue and alerted authorities, leading to an emergency landing procedure.
All passengers and crew members deplaned safely following the incident.
“Upon visual inspection of the aircraft, wheel no 2 was found damaged with tyre pieces coming out from the tyre-left interior,” according to officials.
The authorities followed standard emergency landing protocols after receiving the pilot’s alert about the tyre burst.
