India

Nagpur: At Airport’s Boarding Gate, An IndiGo Pilot Passes Away

Shortly before taking control of an aircraft to Pune on Thursday, an Indigo pilot passed away after collapsing at the airport’s boarding gate. It has happened again in India in the past two days that a pilot has perished in a similar incident.

“One of our pilots passed away in Nagpur earlier today, and we are grieved about this. Sadly, he died in the hospital after becoming ill at the airport in Nagpur. In a statement, Indigo expressed its condolences to the man’s family and friends.

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According to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), the pilot had flown in two early-morning sectors the day before he passed away: Trivandrum-Pune-Nagpur, between 3 and 7 am.

After taking 27 hours of recuperation, the pilot was slated to fly four sectors today, beginning at 1 pm. His first sector was to depart from Nagpur, the aviation authority stated.

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A pilot with Qatar Airways passed away on Wednesday morning while flying a plane from Delhi to Doha. A medical incident involving the 51-year-old pilot of Flight QR 579, who could not be resuscitate, necessitated a diversion to Dubai. In 2005, the senior pilot flew SpiceJet’s first flight.

Priyanka Rai

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