Bhubaneswar: A passenger, who was critically injured after a nine-seater aircraft force-landed in Odisha’s Rourkela city on January 10, died while undergoing treatment at a private hospital on Saturday.
The deceased has been identified as Sushant Kumar Biswal. As per information, he succumbed to his injuries at the private hospital in the steel city.
Notably, the single-engine aircraft of IndiaOne Air made a force-landing on a field near Rourkela after it developed certain technical glitche
s. The mishap took place when the small plane was on its way to Rourkela from Bhubaneswar.
Two crew members and four passengers, including Biswal and his sister Anita Sahoo, were injured in the mishap.
Soon after the mishap, Biswal and his sister were rushed to a private hospital near Vedvyas in Rourkela. He was undergoing treatment at the ICU of the hospital. The authorities were reportedly planning to airlift Biswal to a hospital in Mumbai after his condition deteriorated on Friday.
The authorities had arranged an air ambulance and Biswal was supposed to be air-lifted to Mumbai on Saturday afternoon. However, he died before being taken to the Rourkela airport for the airlift, sources said.
Earlier in the day, Commerce and Transport Department Principal Secretary Usha Padhee and a senior official of the IndiaOne Air visited the hospital and enquired about the health condition of Biswal.