Another passenger dies aboard KQ flight on Nairobi-New York route

Another passenger dies aboard KQ flight on Nairobi-New York route
Kenya Airways will now operate flight KQ478 direct to Kigali and return via Entebbe, Uganda departing JKIA at 00.25am local time and arriving in Kigali at 00.50am local time (Rwanda)/FILE

NAIROBI, Kenya Sep 2 – A passenger has died aboard a Kenya Airways flight on the New York route, a week after a similar incident was reported.

The airline said the passenger was found to be unresponsive at 6:30 am on Friday morning on the flight to New York.

“Upon further examination, medical personnel on board confirmed that the passenger had passed away,” the airline said in a statement.

The flight departed Nairobi on Thursday. night at 11:55pm.

On August 22, another passenger died aboard a flight from New York to Nairobi in what forced an emergency landing in Casablanca, Morocco.

The airline said the passenger had fallen ill while onboard.

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