IndiGo Flight Makes Emergency Landing in Nagpur as Passenger Becomes ill

Nagpur: An IndiGo flight from Bengaluru to Patna made an emergency landing at the Nagpur airport on Friday after a passenger became critically ill, an official said.

The passenger exhibited unusual symptoms including intense shaking, loss of consciousness and body stiffness mid-flight, said a senior official of KIMS-Kingsway Hospital here where he was admitted on landing.

Initial medical assessment was that the patient is suffering from a seizure disorder and he is being treated in the emergency department at the hospital, the official added.

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