Overview
- Dalbir Singh, 70, reported chest pain and breathing trouble onboard AI 186 before its scheduled halt in Kolkata.
- The cabin crew alerted the pilot and airport officials, and he was deboarded around 9:15 pm for urgent treatment.
- Doctors at Charnok Hospital declared him dead on arrival, and police informed his family.
- The flight left Kolkata for Delhi at 10:10 pm with 176 remaining passengers after the medical deboarding.
- Air India had not issued an official statement at the time of reporting, and coverage notes a similar fatal illness on the same route in June.