"IndiGo flight 6E 2134 from Delhi to Dehradun returned to its origin due to a technical issue. The pilot informed the ATC as per procedure and requested a priority landing," the airline said in a statement.
Amid the airline industry facing strong headwinds due to the coronavirus pandemic, the company s board, on May 10, gave its nod to raise up to ₹3,000 crore through sale of shares to institutional investors
The mother and the baby girl were immediately attended to by a waiting medical crew.
BENGALURU: A passenger on board a commercial flight from Bengaluru to Jaipur gave birth to a baby girl midair on Wednesday morning.
She was attended by a doctor who happened to be her co-passenger on the flight.
The infant and the mother are healthy and were taken to a hospital in the Rajasthan capital.
According to sources, the childbirth took place on IndiGo airlines flight 6E 469 (Bengaluru to Jaipur) which took off from Bengaluru s Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) at 5.32am on Wednesday.
Dr Nazir who attended to the situation was lauded and felicitated by the IndiGo airline authorities