Medical emergency: Turkish Airlines A343 lands at Mumbai

A Turkish Airlines Airbus A340-300, flight TK-1075 from Mumbai (India) to Istanbul Ataturk (Turkey), was enroute about an hour into the flight, when a male passenger (37) started to feel unwell complaining about pain in the chest and fell unconscious a short time later. The crew decided to turn around and landed safely back to Mumbai about 2 hours after departure. Emergency doctors awaiting the arrival suspected a heart attack and attempted to resuscitate the passenger, however had to pronounce the man dead 45 minutes after arrival.
10/11/09 Simon Hradecky/The Aviation Herald

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