Plane declares mid-air emergency after girl, 7, suffers fatal heart attack
A plane declares mid-air emergency and landed after a seven-year-old girl suffered a heart attack on board.
Ayushi Punvasi Prajapati, from Siddharth Nagar, Chaffa in Uttar Pradesh, India, was travelling on GoAir flight G8307 with her dad when the tragic incident took place.
After the plane performed an emergency landing at Nagpur Airport at 7.25am on Tuesday, January 19, the girl was treated by staff from the Kingsway Hospital.
She was later transferred to the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) where she was tragically declared dead upon arrival.
The girl is said to have collapsed mid-flight with officials still trying to ascertain the exact cause of her death but suspect she collapsed due to cardia arrest triggered by the high altitude.
Times of India reports that officials said the dad had not mentioned her medical history and did not disclose the fact that the girl was anaemic, meaning a decrease in the total amount of red blood cells or haemoglobin in the blood, to airport and airline staff.
It is reported that Ayushi would not have been cleared for travel and allowed to board the flight if this had been mentioned but that the family had been taking the flight in order to get the young girl treatment in Mumbai.
GMCH officials said that viscera samples of the girl have been preserved to ascertain the exact cause of death.
"As soon as the journey started, she complained of breathing difficulty and an emergency landing was done," officials were quoted as saying.
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"The father was not disclosing even after she suffered cardiac arrest."
They added: "The crew members searched their bags and found blood reports of the girl stating she had .5gms of haemoglobin.
"Covid test was done and found negative.
"At 6pm the body was handed over to the father, who took it by road to their native place, about 200km ahead of Lucknow.
"She was anaemic. The father had not disclosed this, else he would not have been allowed to board the flight," they added.
"Patients below 8 to 10 gms of haemoglobin are not permitted air journeys.
"Ayushi’s records show she had just 2.5 gms. They were going for her treatment to Mumbai."
They added: “She had some underlying diseases. But it may not be found out through post mortem.
"The viscera has been preserved. Sudden death can be attributed to cardiac arrest at the moment. The death is natural. Entire medical history will have to be studied in case the family submits it."
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