A 62-year-old male IndiGo passenger flying from Mumbai to Ranchi vomited blood mid-air following which the flight had to make an emergency landing at Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport at Nagpur on Monday evening.He was rushed for medical care upon landing at KIMS- Kingsway Hospital stationed at Nagpur airport for emergencies. However, the patient could not be saved and was declared brought dead to the hospital.“He was brought dead to the KIMS hospital. His body was taken to Government Medical College and Hospital for further procedures,” said Aejaz Shami, DGM, Branding and Communications of KIMS Hospital in Nagpur, PTI reported.He further mentioned that the flyer identified as Devanand Tiwari, was suffering from Chronic Kidney Disease and Tuberculosis and started coughing large amounts of blood around 8 pm on the aircraft. Following this the pilot issued for an immediate landing on the Nagpur airport.Maharashtra | A 62-year-old male passenger was suffering from CKD (Chronic Kidney Disease) & tuberculosis and omitted a large amount of blood in an aircraft (going from Mumbai to Ranchi) and was brought dead. Body was taken to GMCH in KIMS Kingsway Hospitals Ambulance for…— ANI (@ANI) August 22, 2023A statement has been released by IndiGo which reads “IndiGo flight 6E 5093, operating from Mumbai to Ranchi was diverted to Nagpur due to a medical emergency on board. The passenger was offloaded and was rushed to the hospital for further medical assistance. Unfortunately, the passenger did not survive. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and loved ones.”This is the second such incident to occur this month. Last week a 40-year-old pilot identified as Captain Manoj Subramanyam collapsed and died due to a “sudden cardiac arrest” at around 12:05 pm. He was supposed to operate the Nagpur-Pune 6E135 flight around 1 pm on Thursday last week.
