Infant dies after facing health issues on board Patna-bound IndiGo flight

August 01, 2018 08:31

A four-month-old boy died on Tuesday evening after facing health issues on board a Patna-bound Indigo flight, which was forced to make an emergency landing at the Rajiv Gandhi Hyderabad International Airport in Hyderabad, police said.

According to the Circle Inspector, RGI Airport Police Station, the Indigo flight was flying from Andhra Pradesh's Nellore district to Patna and was forced to make an emergency landing at the airport at around 8 pm, after some health issue of the infant raised on board.

Immediately after landing, the four-month-old boy was rushed to a private hospital, where the doctors declared him 'brought dead'.

The body was later shifted to a government hospital for post-mortem.

A case has been registered under Section 174 of The Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) and further investigation is on. -- ANI

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