An IndiGo flight made an emergency landing at the Biju Patnaik International Airport here on Monday morning after a passenger complained of severe chest pain on board.
The Hyderabad-Kolkata flight made the unscheduled landing at 7:50 am for getting medical attention to the ailing passenger Sashi Menon, who was immediately rushed to the Capital Hospital.
“The flight made the unscheduled landing after a passenger complained of chest pain. He was rushed to the Capital Hospital by an airport ambulance and he is fine now,” said city airport director Shard Kumar.
The 158 passengers had to wait for half an hour at the airport before the flight took off for its destination to Kolkata after getting a go-ahead from the Air Traffic Control.