A 39-year-old pregnant woman was on Friday confirmed dead on board an Arik Air flight from Port Harcourt to Lagos.
The
deceased, identified as Ijeoma Nwokedi, was confirmed dead on arrival by the
medical personnel at the Murtala Muhammed Airport Domestic Terminal One, Lagos.
A
reliable source told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), that Mrs. Nwokedi was
travelling with her husband and a cousin.
The
source said the deceased had developed complications mid-air and was attended
to by some medical personnel on board the flight.
Arik
Air, in a statement by its spokesperson, Ola Adebanji, confirmed the incident.
“A
female passenger on board Arik Air’s Port Harcourt-Lagos flight was confirmed
dead by medical personnel on arrival this morning at the Murtala Muhammed
Airport Domestic Terminal One, Lagos.
“The
lady boarded the flight from Port Harcourt in company of her husband and
cousin. The cause of death is yet to be ascertained,” the statement said.
NAN
recalls that another unidentified female passenger died on Thursday in one of
the toilets of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport.
-NAN
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