The passenger who felt bad on the board of the plane made emergency landing in Baku has died, AZAL spokesperson Pasha Kasamanski told AzVision.az.
“The passenger was 72-year-old UK citizen. After emergency landing, it was founded that he had died of heart failure”, Kasamanski said.
His relatives asked the body to stay in Baku and works are underway to send the body to the UK.
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Air India aircraft, which had to make an emergency landing at Baku`s Heydar Aliyev International Airport on Jan. 24 evening, has left for Mumbai Jan. 25 morning, the press service of Azerbaijan Airlines CJSC told.
“The aircraft with passengers on board took off to Mumbai from the Baku airport at 7 a.m. (GMT + 4 hours) on Jan. 25,” said the press service.
Air India flight AI 130 with 246 passengers and 11 crew members on board made an emergency landing at Baku`s Heydar Aliyev International Airport.
The Boeing Dreamliner (B787-800) aircraft was on its way to Mumbai when the pilot sought diversion of the aircraft from Air Traffic Control to provide medical assistance to a sick
patient on board, the source said.
The press service said that the 72-year-old passenger, a UK citizen, died on board of the aircraft before it landed.
The issue with the transfer of the body will be solved in the near future, according to the press service.
Air India plane emergency landed in Baku, takes off to Mumbai - UPDATED
25 January 2016
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