India, April 8 -- A Mumbai to Varanasi Indigo flight was diverted to Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar airport late on Sunday night after a passenger, Sushila Devi Tiwari, 88, complained of pain. She was rushed to Government Medical College after the flight landed, where doctors pronounced her dead on arrival.

Gajanan Kalyankar, inspector attached with CIDCO MIDC police station in Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar said that Tiwari was old and ailing and had suffered a heart attack.

"We conducted a post-mortem after which the family took her mortal remains to Uttar Pradesh," said Kalyankar. The deceased hailed from Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh and was travelling with her relatives.

An Indigo spokesperson confirmed that Flight 6E 5028, operating from Mum...