Man dies on board flight

Chennai, Oct 23: A middle-aged man died on board a Chennai-bound Indian flight from Delhi, yesterday.

Airport sources said Narasimhan (52) and his daughter Mythili (25), hailing from Kodambakkam in the city, were returning from Delhi after getting an NOC from immigration authorities regarding Mythili's job in Dubai, when the mishap occurred.

Mr Narasimhan's health condition worsened after the aircraft took off and the flight crew provided first aid. The Chennai airport was informed of the emergency and asked to keep a medical team ready.

However, the doctors pronounced Mr Narasimhan 'brought dead'.

Following this, the Airport police sent the body to the Chromepet General Hospital for conducting a post-mortem.

UNI