Overview

• Sriramula Sridhar, a migrant laborer from Korutla in Telangana’s Jagityal district, fell unresponsive with a suspected cardiac arrest while flying from Dammam to Hyderabad.
• Flight crew alerted onboard medical personnel and diverted the aircraft to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai for urgent treatment.
• Airport doctors performed CPR and used an automated external defibrillator upon landing but were unable to revive Sridhar, who was declared dead on the tarmac.
• The widely shared on-tarmac resuscitation footage has drawn public attention to gaps in medical equipment and training on long-haul flights and at transit airports.
• Authorities are awaiting a formal postmortem report to determine the exact cause of death as Sridhar’s wife and two daughters face grief and financial uncertainty.