A case of accidental death was registered by the police. (Representational Photo | PTI) 
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Flight makes emergency landing at Nagpur for 'medical reason', passenger dies

The man, Chhotusingh Naryansingh Yadav, a resident of Gaya in Bihar, had boarded the flight at Chennai on Saturday morning.

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NAGPUR: A Delhi-bound IndiGo flight made an emergency landing at Nagpur airport, after a 65-year-old passenger complained of health issues, although he died by the time he was taken to a hospital, police said on Sunday.

The incident occurred on Saturday, they said.

The man, Chhotusingh Naryansingh Yadav (65), a resident of Gaya in Bihar, had boarded the flight at Chennai on Saturday morning.

However, mid-flight he complained to the plane staff that he was experiencing health problems, an official of Sonegaon police station here said.

Therefore, the flight made an emergency landing at the Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport in Nagpur.

He was rushed to the city-based Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), where doctors declared him brought dead, he said.

A case of accidental death was registered by the police.

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