Indian-origin woman accuses Air Canada for her octogenarian father’s death

Ottawa: An Indian-origin Canadian woman has accused Air Canada of negligence that caused her 83-year-old father’s death during a flight from Delhi to Montreal, according to a media report on Monday.

Shanu Pande, a resident of Ontario, along with her father Harish Pant left Delhi for Canada in September on an Air Canada flight. Seven hours later, when the long-haul flight was over Europe, Pant developed severe medical symptoms: chest pain, back pain, vomiting, loss of bowel control and the inability to stand up, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) reported.