Expat Dies Aboard Flight Home

Riyadh: An Indian worker on a Saudi Arabian Airlines flight from Jeddah to Mumbai via Riyadh died of suspected heart attack yesterday.
According to airport authorities, the 45-year-old man developed chest pain during the flight and was pronounced dead at the King Khaled International Airport when the aircraft made a scheduled landing here.
The flight, which left King Abdul Aziz Airport in Jeddah at 2 a.m. yesterday, reached Riyadh 90 minutes after take-off. The dead man was identified as Abdullah Mohideen, a gas station worker in Yanbu. Mohideen complained of chest pain as soon as the plane was airborne. Airport police are making further inquiries into the death.
Mohideen, a father of two daughters and a son from the southern Indian state of Kerala, was traveling to India on holiday, said his sponsor.
03/11/07 Mohammed Rasooldeen/Arab News

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Categories: Foreign Nov 2007