PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos Islands, CMC – An American Airways flight needed to make an emergency touchdown within the Turks and Caicos Islands late Wednesday after a feminine passenger fell in poor health mid-flight and died.
The Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Pressure mentioned flight AA 2790 was heading from Punta Cana within the Dominican Republic to Charlotte, North Carolina, when the 41-year-old girl grew to become unwell.
She acquired cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and the airplane diverted to the Providenciales Worldwide Airport round 6:18 pm (native time).
“A medical workforce, together with police items, have been dispatched, and the affected person was transported to Cheshire Corridor Medical Centre, the place she died. A autopsy will likely be performed to determine the reason for demise,” police mentioned in a press assertion.
The flight departed TCI and arrived in Charlotte simply after 8 pm.
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