Bhubaneswar:
Indigo flight -- 6E292 -- between Chennai and Kolkata was diverted to Odisha capital Bhubaneswar on Saturday due to a medical emergency.
"6E292 Chennai to Kolkata was diverted to Bhubaneswar due to medical emergency on board, as there was a sick passenger on board," Indigo informed in a release.
The aircraft was accorded priority by the Air Traffic Control (ATC) and landed at 3.17 pm in Bhubaneswar.
The sick passenger in an AAI ambulance along with a doctor was taken to the Capital Hospital for the treatment.
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