Maharashtra Airport News! Elderly man dies due to lack of wheelchair at Mumbai airport, Air India clarifies

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Maharashtra Airport News! Elderly man dies due to lack of wheelchair at Mumbai airport, Air India clarifies
Maharashtra Airport News! Elderly man dies due to lack of wheelchair at Mumbai airport, Air India clarifies

The couple had booked a wheelchair for themselves. When the Air India flight landed at Mumbai airport, the couple found only a wheelchair. In such a situation, the husband made his elderly wife sit on it and he himself started walking.

A sad case has come to light from Mumbai airport. Here an elderly man did not get a wheelchair even after booking, due to which he died. However, Air India has given clarification on this incident. He says the passenger was requested to wait until a wheelchair was available, but he chose to walk on foot with his wife.

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An Air India spokesperson said, ‘On February 12, one of our guests traveling from New York to Mumbai fell ill with his wife while on his way to clear immigration. The elderly passenger had asked for a wheelchair. Due to heavy demand for the wheelchair, we requested the passenger to wait for a while but he chose to walk along with his wife. In such a situation, the elderly walked to the immigration counter. In such a situation his condition worsened. He was immediately taken to the hospital, where he died.

This is the case

According to a report, the 80-year-old man had flown from New York to Mumbai. The couple had booked a wheelchair for themselves. When the Air India flight landed at Mumbai airport, the couple found only a wheelchair. In such a situation, the husband made his elderly wife sit on it and he himself started walking.

The elderly man had to walk on foot to the immigration counter located in the terminal at a distance of 1.5 kilometers from the plane. After reaching the counter, the old man felt dizzy and died of a heart attack. After the incident, the elderly man was also taken to Nanavati Hospital, but he died before that.

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