Indore, January 14: An IndiGo flight from Madurai to Delhi was diverted to the Indore airport after a 60-year-old passenger's health deteriorated mid-air on Saturday evening, a senior official said. After the flight landed at the Devi Ahilyabai Holkar international airport, the passenger was taken to a hospital near the airport where doctors declared him brought dead, he said.

"As per the initial information, Atul Gupta (60), who was on board the IndiGo Airlines flight 6E-2088, was bleeding from the mouth and his condition deteriorated midway through the journey," Prabodh Chandra Sharma, Director in-charge of the airport, told PTI. Due to a medical emergency, the Madurai-Delhi flight was diverted to Indore and it landed at the local airport around 5:30 pm. Gupta was sent to a private hospital from the airport where doctors declared him brought dead, Sharma said. Andhra Pradesh: Two Flights Diverted to Hyderabad Amid Heavy Fog at Visakhapatnam Airport.

"According to a doctor who took Gupta from the airport to the hospital, he was already suffering from a heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes," Sharma said. He said the flight took off for its destination (New Delhi) at 6:40 pm. Chhattisgarh: Two Raipur-Bound Flights Diverted to Bhubaneswar and Nagpur Due to Poor Visibility.

A sub-inspector of Aerodrome police station said the deceased Gupta was a resident of Noida. His body would be handed over to his relatives after postmortem, he added.

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