Flight from Cochin to Delhi made emergency landing in Bhopal
Bhopal airport said in a statement, IndiGo flight from Cochin to Delhi was made to land at Bhopal as a passenger on the flight had a sudden heart attack and required immediate medical attention. After the flight landed, the airport team, without wasting a second, immediately offloaded the passenger and he was safely transferred to the nearest hospital and his life was saved.

IndiGo flight 6E 2407 from Cochin to Delhi was diverted to Bhopal on Friday. In a statement on Friday, the airlines said, a Delhi-bound Indigo flight that flew from Cochin to Delhi was diverted to Bhopal due to a medical emergency. "Indigo flight 6E 2407 from Cochin to Delhi is diverted to Bhopal due to medical emergency. We regret the inconvenience caused to other passengers," the statement said.
Bhopal airport said in a statement, IndiGo flight from Cochin to Delhi was made to land at Bhopal as a passenger on the flight had a sudden heart attack and required immediate medical attention. After the flight landed, the airport team, without wasting a second, immediately offloaded the passenger and he was safely transferred to the nearest hospital and his life was saved.Passenger Harish Grover (60 years), who had boarded from Kochi, suddenly developed difficulty in breathing. Because of which he fainted. Harish was going from Cochin to Delhi with three of his relatives. All the three passengers including the patient were dropped at Bhopal airport. With the help of fire staff, the patient was taken to the hospital in 108 ambulance and admitted.
Earlier on February 4, an Air India Express flight from Abu Dhabi to Calicut landed back at the Abu Dhabi airport after flames were detected in one of the engines shortly after take-off. Similarly, on January 23, an Air India Express flight from Trivandrum to Muscat landed back 45 minutes after take-off due to a technical snag. According to officials, there was a technical fault in the Flight Management System (FMS).
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