Passenger dies on board Air India flight

Mumbai: A 42-year-old passenger on board an Air India flight from Lagos to Mumbai died under unusual circumstances, raising several questions on the checks and thermal screening being conducted at the airports amid coronavirus pandemic and how a passenger with a fever was allowed to board the flight.

Sources have said that the passenger was seen shivering inside the flight. When inquired, the passenger had informed the Air India crew that he had malaria. Sources have said that the crew of the flight had also provided him oxygen as he was finding it difficult to breathe.

The passenger, however, collapsed and died on board the Air India flight. The sources have also said that the passenger was bleeding from his mouth.