A four-month-old boy died at the Hyderabad airport on Tuesday after he developed breathing problem onboard a Bengaluru-Patna IndiGo flight which was forced to make an emergency landing at the Rajiv Gandhi Hyderabad International Airport.
The baby was travelling with his parents from Bengaluru in an IndiGo flight when he developed breathing problem, the police said.
The airline said the crew of the flight 6E 897 decided to divert it to Hyderabad and requested for an ambulance and a doctor at the airport. On landing, the boy was rushed to a private hospital where the doctors declared him brought dead, the police said.
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The police registered a case under Section 174 of The Code Of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) for further probe.
The flight was diverted to the Hyderabad Airport at around 7.30 am, PTI reported, quoting sources.
“An IndiGo flight 6E 897 operating from Bangalore to Patna was diverted to Hyderabad due to a medical case this morning.
“The crew along with a doctor on-board attended to an infant. After landing, the infant was immediately rushed to the hospital accompanied by an IndiGo staff member. Unfortunately, the infant died,” the statement said.
The airline expressed its condolences over the infant’s death.
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