Joseph OlaoluwaA 73-year-old passenger, on Friday, died aboard Air Peace flight P47182 en route to Abuja from Calabar. Paraplegia is the result of spinal cord damage that paralyses the lower limbs. His death was confirmed by a Port Health Services official, who noted that the passenger had no pulse upon the plane’s arrival at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. The deceased was reportedly accompanied to the airport by his daughter and cleared by PHS at the Calabar airport to fly. He did not die in the terminal; he died on the aircraft.”Calls and text messages to the Air Peace spokesman, Stanley Olisa, were unanswered as of press time.

Source: Punch August 01, 2020 23:48 UTC