Archive · 5 Oct 2026
Doctors Treat Critically Ill Passenger on Delhi-Aizawl Flight
A woman with kidney disease became very ill while flying from Delhi to Aizawl.
She was having trouble breathing, and her blood oxygen level fell very low.
The flight crew asked for medical help, and doctors who were passengers came to assist her.
They gave her oxygen and medicine, which helped for a while, but she later became worse again.
The plane continued to Aizawl after her oxygen level temporarily improved, rather than diverting to Kolkata.
After landing, the doctors took her to a nearby health centre and helped her breathe with a tube.
She was then taken to a hospital in Aizawl for more care.
She received dialysis, was later able to breathe without the tube, and was reported stable.
A 32-year-old woman with chronic kidney disease became severely breathless aboard an IndiGo flight from Delhi to Aizawl on October 3.
Her oxygen saturation reportedly fell to around 40 per cent, prompting doctors on board to respond to a crew announcement.
The doctors administered oxygen and steroids; her levels improved temporarily, but later fell again.
After landing at Lengpui Airport, doctors took her to Lengpui Community Health Centre, where she was intubated before transfer to an ICU at LRM Hospital in Aizawl.
She later underwent dialysis, was extubated, and was reported to be stable.
- Who
- A 32-year-old woman with chronic kidney disease and doctors travelling on the flight.
- What
- Doctors provided emergency treatment during the flight and after landing; the passenger was intubated and transferred to hospital.
- When
- October 3; the passenger was reportedly extubated by night after hospital treatment.
- Where
- An IndiGo flight from Delhi to Aizawl, then Lengpui Community Health Centre and LRM Hospital in Aizawl, Mizoram.
- Why
- The passenger developed severe breathing difficulties and her oxygen saturation fell to around 40 per cent.
Continue to Aizawl
Divert to Kolkata
Flight destination during the emergency
Continue to Aizawl
The flight continued to Aizawl after the passenger's oxygen level temporarily improved with treatment.
Divert to Kolkata
The pilot offered Kolkata as an emergency diversion option if the passenger did not improve.
- Flight
- IndiGo flight from Delhi to Aizawl
- Incident date
- October 3
- Passenger
- A 32-year-old woman with chronic kidney disease who was undergoing dialysis
- Lowest reported oxygen saturation
- Around 40 per cent
- Doctors identified
- Dr Willie Lalhruaitluanga, Dr F Remthangpuii and Dr Benjamin Khiangte
- Treatment after landing
- Intubation at Lengpui Community Health Centre, followed by transfer to an ICU bed at LRM Hospital
- Reported outcome
- Extubated, underwent dialysis, and was reported stable
