Two Indian Pilots Die In 2 Days, 1 At Airport, Another On Flight
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An IndiGo captain was supposed to operate a flight from Nagpur to Pune and had reached the boarding gate when he lost consciousness. He was rushed to a hospital, where he was declared dead.
India has seen the deaths of two pilots in two days. While an IndiGo captain fell unconscious at a boarding gate in Nagpur today, a Qatar Airways pilot suffered a heart attack onboard a flight yesterday.
The IndiGo captain was supposed to operate a flight from Nagpur to Pune and had reached the boarding gate when he lost consciousness. He was taken to a hospital where he was declared dead. Sources said he had finished flying three sectors and had completed a two-hour halt.
The Qatar Airways pilot was travelling in the passenger cabin of a Delhi-Doha flight as an additional crew member when he suffered a cardiac arrest and died. He had earlier worked with SpiceJet, Alliance Air and Sahara.
