A 73-year-old passenger, on Friday, died aboard Air Peace flight P47182 en route to Abuja from Calabar.
It was learnt that the deceased had a history of paraplegia due to a spinal injury in 2019, he had been on medication and was travelling to Abuja for a medical examination.His death was confirmed by a Port Health Services official, who noted that the passenger had no pulse upon the plane’s arrival at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.
The deceased was reportedly accompanied to the airport by his daughter and cleared by PHS at the Calabar airport to fly. A top official at the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria, who spoke on condition of anonymity, confirmed the incident, but declined to provide additional information, saying, “You have to get the details from the aircraft . He did not die in the terminal; he died on the aircraft.”Copyright PUNCH.
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