42-yr-old man dies onboard Lagos-Mumbai flight due to natural causes: Air India
PTI, Jun 14, 2020, 3:52 PM IST
New Delhi: A 42-year-old man suddenly collapsed and died due to natural causes onboard Air India’s Lagos-Mumbai flight on Sunday, the national carrier said.
The flight was part of Vande Bharat Mission, under which the Central government is operating special repatriation flights to bring back stranded Indians from abroad amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Air India’s flight AI 1906 departed from Lagos in Nigeria at 7 pm Indian Standard Time on Saturday and landed in Mumbai at 3.45 am on Sunday.
“A passenger aboard AI 1906 of June 13 from Lagos to Mumbai passed away due to natural causes today.
“A doctor onboard along with our crew, trained to handle such medical emergencies, made a valiant attempt to revive the passenger, aged 42, who had suddenly collapsed, through resuscitation etc but all their efforts went in vain,” the airline’s spokesperson said.
He was declared dead onboard by the attending doctor. Mumbai International Airport Limited doctors attended to the passenger after the flight landed at 3.45 am and after all the procedures were complete, the body was sent to a hospital as per protocol, the spokesperson noted.
Relatives of the deceased were informed and aircraft was taken for full fumigation as per the norms, the spokesperson said.
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