Passenger who was injured due to turbulence in SpiceJet flight dead, says airline

AKBAR ANSARI, a passenger who was injured due to turbulence in a SpiceJet flight in May, died last month, the airline said in a statement issued on Saturday. Family members of Ansari, who was 48, said he was on ventilator support for more than a month before succumbing on September 26. The family members alleged that Ansari did not receive proper treatment. He hailed from Giridih region of Jharkhand.

According to the death certificate issued by the Mission Hospital in Durgapur, West Bengal, on September 29, Akbar Ansari died of “sepsis in shock” caused by polytrauma with spinal injury.” SpiceJet on Saturday said “a passenger who was injured during the severe turbulence encountered by SpiceJet flight on May 1, 2022 sadly passed away last month.”