Delta Airlines on Monday said a female passenger was found dead on one of its flights from Atlanta, United States to Lagos.



Delta sources said the 57-year-old passenger was accompanied by her son when she died on Monday. The Associated Press quoted the American carrier’s Corporate Communications Director, Europe, Middle East and Africa, Ms. Olivia Cullis, as saying that the passenger was found unresponsive early Monday aboard Delta Flight 53, about an hour out of Atlanta and about 11 hours from the time it took off.



Delta said it could not provide the passenger’s identity due to privacy restriction laws. Cullis added, “Approximately an hour from Atlanta, the crew of Flight 53 alerted flight operations that a passenger was unresponsive and had no vital signs. The flight landed normally and we are coordinating with medical authorities. Delta extends its sincere condolences to the passenger’s family.”



A statement by the Senior Manager, Media Relations, Delta, Susan Elliot, said the airline was working with medical authorities to determine the facts in the case.



AP quoted Atlanta’s police spokesman, Otis Redmond, as saying that foul play was not suspected. A Georgia Bureau of Investigation medical examiner’s investigator was sent to Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, Atlanta, according to the report.



Atlanta police spokesman Otis Redmond told AP that foul play was not suspected in the woman’s death. Georgia Bureau of Investigation spokesman John Bankhead said the woman’s body was taken to a crime laboratory for an autopsy.



Bankhead said the FBI was investigating the matter because the death occurred on an international flight.


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May her soul rest in peace.I will like to recount my experience last December on a similar delta flight from Atlanta to Lagos.I am a medical practitioner and my specialty is Surgical Oncology.In this fateful flight, a 7080years old Nigerian woman flew unaccompanied by any of her relation.She was blind, had just recovered from a CVA (Stroke). One hr after tke off,she became dizzy and confused. I had to attend to her throughout the flight to Lagos. Who are we to blame? Airline or relations?