Air India: 42-Year-old Indian Dies Onboard Lagos-Mumbai Flight

An Indian passenger onboard an Air India flight from Lagos to Mumbai, was announced dead on Sunday due to unusual causes.

It was learned that the High Commission of India had announced on Saturday in Abuja, the departure of 231 evacuees on an Air India aircraft with flight number, AI 1906 amid the pandemic.

In a statement, Air India announced the death of the 42-year-old traveller alleging that a doctor on board alongside the flight’s medical crew, made a valiant attempt to revive the pax who had suddenly collapsed.

In a statement, Air India said, “A passenger aboard AI1906 of 13th June, 2020, from Lagos to Mumbai passed away due to natural causes today.

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“A doctor on board along with our crew, who are trained to handle such medical emergencies, made a valiant attempt to revive the pax, aged 42, who had suddenly collapsed, through resuscitation etc but all their efforts went in vain. He was declared dead on board by the attending doctor.”

“The MIAL doctors attended to the pax after the flight landed and after all the procedures were complete, the body was sent to a hospital as per protocol. Relatives of the deceased were informed and aircraft taken for full fumigation as per norms,” it added.