Med emergency landing at airport as Guj flyer from Oz dies after falling ill on flight
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Kolkata: A 66-year-old woman travelling to India from Australia died after falling ill mid-air, prompting the international flight to make a medical emergency landing at Kolkata airport in the early hours of Friday.
Co-passengers and doctors couldn't find any pulse on her while still on the flight.
The woman, a resident of Kheda in Gujarat, was accompanied by a relative on board the Air India flight bound for Delhi from Sydney when she became unconscious inside the flight. Airport officials said the flight was around 30 minutes away from Kolkata airport when the pilot called the ATC and sought an emergency medical landing.
"The flight landed safely at 2.28 am, and the airport health officer immediately attended to her but found no pulse or heartbeat," said an official.
She was rushed to Charnock Hospital, where she was declared dead on arrival around 4.12 am. The hospital said her family mentioned she had a history of unconsciousness on the flight. The body was shifted to RG Kar for an autopsy.
— Tamaghna
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