75-yr-old passenger dies at airport on arrival from United States

A 75-year-old passenger has died at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, Nigeria, shortly after arrival from the United States of America.

The male passenger whose identity is yet to be revealed arrived Nigeria on Monday aboard a flight operated by Delta Air.

Sources at the airport said the man died shortly after the aircraft touched down and taxied to the apron for passengers to disembark through the boarding bridge and into the airport terminal.

The airport sources said further that the deceased was suspected to have suffered a prolonged underlining ailment before embarking on the flight.

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The sources said the reactions of the deceased passenger family members who came to the airport to evacuate the corpse did not betray any surprise for his death.

His remains were said to have been taken away and deposited in a hospital morgue.

The airline is yet to respond to the development.