A passenger on a Chennai-bound Indigo flight from Kolkata on Tuesday died just before the plane landed at the Chennai airport.
The passenger, identified as Ganesh Veerabahu, 65, a resident of Chennai, is believed to have suffered breathlessness mid-air. His wife Jaya, who accompanied him, alerted airline crew. The couple was returning home after a trip to Kolkata.
“The airline crew immediately alerted the ground staff, who arranged a doctors’ team to provide medical care. The crew provided first aid and a medical emergency was declared on board,” said a source at the airport.
On landing, a medical team declared him dead.
Authorities informed the Airport police who registered a case of accidental death. Police said Mr. Veerabahu’s body was sent to the Government Hospital in Chromepet for postmortem.
