Ill woman evacuated from flight, dies in hospital
An Air Arabia Sharjah-Chennai flight made an emergency landing at Goa's Dabolim international airport on Sunday morning after a 70-year-old woman passenger complained of chest pain. The woman later died of cardiac arrest at a private hospital, an official said.
Airport director K.S. Rao told IANS that the plane landed around 4.30 a.m.
"The plane landed here after the pilot reported that a woman passenger was suffering from sudden pain in the chest," Rao said.
A spokesperson for Goa Police said the passenger, Leena Abraham, a resident of Coimbatore, died after suffering a heart attack soon after she was admitted to the casualty ward of the Salgaocar Medical Research Centre after being brought in by an ambulance.
Airport director K.S. Rao told IANS that the plane landed around 4.30 a.m.
"The plane landed here after the pilot reported that a woman passenger was suffering from sudden pain in the chest," Rao said.
A spokesperson for Goa Police said the passenger, Leena Abraham, a resident of Coimbatore, died after suffering a heart attack soon after she was admitted to the casualty ward of the Salgaocar Medical Research Centre after being brought in by an ambulance.
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