Passenger collapses at airport, dies

Mumbai: A 61-year-old air passenger who was traveling to London collapsed at the international airport and died on Tuesday morning, making this the second such case in three days.
Police sources said that the passenger, Shivaigar Gosai, who lived at Milton Keynes in England, was visiting his brother living in Porbundar, Gujarat. However, he developed severe diarrhoea a few days after arriving on February 16.
The police said that his daughter and her friend came down from England to take Gosai home. They had reached Mumbai en route to London when Gosai collapsed while boarding flight AI 125. An airport doctor rushed to the spot and took Gosai to Holy Spirit Hospital, Andheri (E), in an ambulance. However, he was declared dead before admission. The body was then taken to Cooper Hospital, Juhu.
On Sunday, 70-year-old Jose Pinto from London collapsed at the transit lounge in Mumbai and was declared dead on the spot.
27/02/08 Rajiv Sharma/Times of India

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Categories: airports Feb 2008, Foreign Feb 2008, Safety Feb 2008