A 45-year-old man died due to cardiac arrest midair in a SriLankan Airlines (UL) flight on Friday night.
The SriLankan Airlines flight from Colombo was heading to Chennai with 168 passengers on board on Friday night. When the flight was in midair, Kamal Basha of Kerala suffered severe chest pain and became unconscious in his seat, India media reported. The air hostess administered first aid and alerted the pilots, who then contacted the Chennai Air Traffic Control (CATC) and sought permission for a priority landing due to a medical emergency.
When the flight landed at the Chennai airport, a medical team that rushed inside the aircraft checked the passenger and found he had already died due to cardiac arrest. The airport Police sent the body for a post-mortem examination to the Chromepet General Hospital.
