A 40-year-old IndiGo pilot who was going to operate the airline’s Nagpur-Pune flight died after collapsing near a boarding gate at the Nagpur airport on Thursday, officials said.
Captain Manoj Subramanyam (40) fell unconscious in the security hold area of the airport around 12 noon, they said.
“Prima facie, he died of cardiac arrest following sudden unexpected loss of heart function”, said KIMS-Kingsway Hospital where he was rushed.
Aejaz Shami, spokesperson of the hospital, said their emergency team administered him CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) but he did not respond.
