Overview
- Flight IX1240 left Jaipur on Tuesday evening for Bengaluru and diverted to Indore when a one-year-old developed severe breathing difficulties.
- A fellow passenger who is a doctor administered CPR in flight, and airport medical teams continued resuscitation immediately after landing.
- Air Traffic Control approved a medical emergency landing, doctors met the aircraft at the aerobridge, and the child was taken by ambulance but died en route to hospital.
- Hospital management identified the infant as Mohammed Abrar, who was traveling with his parents and older brother.
- Air India Express said the crew facilitated immediate support and offered condolences, while reports of prior illness and possible aspiration remain unconfirmed.