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<ul class="summary-list"><li>An 83-year-old man was flying from India to Canada to be reunited with his family.</li><li>His health rapidly deteriorated during the long-haul flight, and he died shortly after landing.</li></ul>An 83-year-old father died on a long-haul Air Canada flight from India to Toronto — but he might still be alive if the crew had listened to his family's desperate pleas and diverted the plane when he began having health problems, his grieving daughter told Insider.Pande told Insider she was over the moon about the trip; her father, Harish Pant, had been granted permanent residency in Canada after a long and arduous application process, she said.Pande told Insider that she was traveling with her father and her mother-in-law from New Delhi to Toronto, with a layover in Montreal, in September.But things took a turn for the worse when, seven hours into the journey, Harish Pant's health began deteriorating, Pande said.He started having chest pain, followed by a loss of bowel control, nausea, and back pains, Pande told Insider.Pande said that her mother-in-law, who is a heart patient, said Pant was showing clear signs of a heart attack.Pande told Insider that she pleaded with the cabin crew to divert the plane and land it so that her father could get to a hospital.But the crew refused to after consulting with the pilot, she said, adding that the flight continued for another nine hours as her father's condition got worse.Pande said the crew didn't give her a chance to speak with the pilot."I should have banged on the cockpit," Pande told CBC, which <a target="_blank" href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/gopublic/air-canada-medical-crisis-diversion-1.7015799#:~:text=A%20Toronto%2Darea%20woman%20is,that%20the%20plane%20be%20diverted">first reported</a> what happened to Pande's family.But in a statement emailed to Insider, an Air Canada spokesperson said the airline "categorically rejects any assertions that it was responsible for the customer's death."The airline said the cabin crew followed the correct procedures for dealing with onboard emergencies. A spokesperson told CBC that the staff's recollection of the events differed from that of the family's "in several important respects."Air Canada told Insider it was in constant contact with a third-party medical provider used by airlines to formulate a care plan, who did not recommend a diversion.The airline said Pant and his daughter were moved to business-class seats so that he could lay flat.Pande told Insider that the cabin crew unsuccessfully tried to get assistance from a passenger with medical training, and that crew members denied her requests for electrolytes for her father, as well as her repeated pleas for the plane to land.She also alleged that the crew failed to monitor her father's blood pressure and didn't give him medication, even though the crew members said they had first-aid training.Eventually, the plane landed in Montreal, where paramedics treated him. But they were unable to save him, and Pant died, his daughter said."It was all formalities," she said of their efforts. "They put him down on the aisle, started giving him CPR, and I was hysterical at that time. I went back to my mom-in-law and I said, 'He's gone. I don't know what they're doing. He's already gone.'"Pande said that crew members approached her after her father died and tried consoling her."I told them to get away from me," Pande told Insider. "I said, 'You said this was not a life-threatening emergency … but see what you have done to my dad.'"Pande said her father was officially pronounced dead at a Montreal hospital from a "presumed infarction" — the death of heart tissue resulting from an inadequate blood supply.Two months after the incident, she is still angry with Air Canada.The airline said it filled out a checklist, which is then given to the pilot to discuss with the medical provider, CBC reported, but the airline did not provide it to CBC and Pande told the outlet she could not recall seeing anyone filling out a form.She told Insider that she's pursuing legal action against Air Canada."I'm not interested in compensation," she said. "I'm not seeking that right now because I'm not in that frame of mind. For me, my father's life is what matters. I'm looking for an answer, which they are not giving me, so we are left with no choice but to seek a lawyer … because they have to give us a reason. I want to know why they didn't divert the flight."

An Air Canada passenger died after a long-haul flight. His daughter says the crew ignored her pleas to divert the plane and get him to a hospital.

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Molina Singh was flying with Akasa Air from Delhi to Mumbai when her plane was diverted.</li><li>After a note was found saying "Bomb on flight," all passengers had their handwriting examined.</li></ul>This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Molina Singh, a 22-year-old from Delhi who was on board Akasa Air Flight 1719 on June 3. It has been edited for length and clarity.I haven't traveled alone a lot — this was probably my second flight alone. My parents were worried about me because they think I'm a homebody.I recently started working after college and joined the YouTube team for creator marketing and strategy. There was a creator campaign going on, and their head office is in Mumbai, so I traveled from Delhi for that.The flight was in the air, and everything was going smoothly. Everyone was kind of asleep or just chilling, and suddenly, the cabin crew came up to all of us.Everyone was woken from their naps and asked if a piece of cabin luggage was theirs. To the last row, no one identified the luggage.I was sitting in row nine, so I could see the cabin crew working, and they seemed very confused. And suddenly, the captain announces that we're landing. Turns out, they were diverting to Ahmedabad, which is a good hour away from our destination.They said there was a security concern. And as a person who's not traveled a lot, I was like, "Shit, what's happening?"It took us 15 minutes to land. No one told anyone anything, and everyone was confused. We were asked to vacate the plane immediately.Everyone was supposed to <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/japan-airlines-passengers-survived-because-abandoned-baggage-burning-plane-tokyo-2024-1">leave their luggage inside the plane</a>, but half of them took it. I left mine because the pilot himself asked me, and I couldn't say no. I put my phone and wallet in my overalls, and I left.We thought they just wanted to check something for 15 or 20 minutes, but thank God I took stuff because we were stranded there for like 12 hours.So we were on the runway, and there was a heat wave in Ahmedabad. (Temperatures in Ahmedabad reached over 100 degrees Fahrenheit on June 3.)Through overhearing cops, I figured out there was a tissue found in the plane that had "Bomb on flight" written on it.<div type="image" title="Passengers take phone calls and wait on the runway at Ahmedabad Airport following a bomb threat scare in June 2024" height="3213" width="4284" msid="111858161" hostid="261" sizebytes="1424358"></div>Then they dragged us to arrivals at Ahmedabad Airport, where there was a barricaded area, which was very small for the 186 people on the plane.The police asked us to write "Bomb on flight" in our own handwriting with our seat number.People were worried because they didn't have cash or their phones, and they didn't let us go to the bathroom or give us water. It was just very hodgepodge.At this point, you're not a customer of the airline, you're a suspect.The police called out nine or 10 names who could match the handwriting. They took them to a separate area and made them do double and triple checks.Then they took us all in two different sections to write "Bomb on flight," I think 36 times — dividing your tissue into four and writing on alternate sides.Nothing is coming out of it. I think the problem was there was no protocol for this.After three hours, they finally allowed us to get food and go to the bathroom, surrounded by a lot of police.By 8 p.m., everyone had given up hope. This was also the time that everyone was trauma-bonded. I'm talking to aunties and people I've never talked to. We'd exchanged Instagrams. We were just using one phone and a charger to contact our parents and everyone.<div type="image" title="Police officers and passengers on the runway with luggage strewn about on the tarmac at Ahmedabad Airport in June 2024." height="531" width="708" msid="111858162" hostid="261" sizebytes="33702"></div>Finally, they gave us new boarding passes. It still took us two hours to board because they made us identify our luggage. Even in the night, it's burning hot. Because the luggage was under the direct sun for eight hours, people's MacBooks stopped working, and my lip gloss melted.After we board the plane they give us a few packets of Namkeen, which are like chips. I'm like, "Oh wow, thank you for that compensation for the torture."It was a wild experience. I think people were frightened and afraid at the start because no one gave us any information. We just figured it out on our own. After that, everyone was like, "Hey, this is something we have to get through."

I was on a flight that received a bomb threat. We were treated like suspects, and the police examined everyone's handwriting.

<keyword id="2573" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="air-india" source="Orion">Air India</keyword> on Thursday said it will refund the full amount to all passengers affected by the diversion of its Delhi-San Francisco flight of June 6 owing to mid-air glitch, according to an airline communication. In the communication by Air India Chief Customer Experience and Ground Handling Officer <keyword id="971191" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="rajesh-dogra" source="Orion">Rajesh Dogra</keyword>, the airline told the passengers, who reached their destination after nearly 56 hours of departing from <keyword id="66" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="delhi" source="Orion">Delhi</keyword>: "We will fully refund the fare for your journey and, in addition, provide you a voucher for future travel on Air India". Air India flight AI 173 operating Delhi-SFO on June 6, carrying 216 passengers and 16 crew on board, was diverted to the <keyword id="2438648" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="magadan" source="Orion">Magadan</keyword> port city in far east Russia following a mid-air glitch in one of the <keyword id="6357957" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="boeing" source="Orion">Boeing</keyword> 777-200LR aircraft engines. On Wednesday, the airline dispatched a ferry flight to Magadan from Mumbai to fly the stranded passengers and crew from there to <keyword id="12161" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="san-francisco" source="Orion">San Francisco</keyword>. The replacement aircraft, which landed at Magadan at 06.14 am (local time) had got airborne at 1027 hours (local time) on June 8, for San Francisco, where it touched down at 12.07 am on June 8. Besides expressing "regret" for the disruption and inconvenience, the airline also "sincerely apologised" to the customers for the "extended delay" in bringing them to their destination, as per the communication. "The aircraft encountered a technical issue whereby the pilots received an indication of low oil pressure in one engine. Out of caution, they elected to land the aircraft at a nearby airport rather than continue the journey," Air India said. Maintaining that the safety was the highest priority throughout, it said that "while the facilities in Magadan, a small city, may not have met the standard we would normally aim to provide, we are grateful for your tolerance and understanding that our local agents and crew did their best under the circumstances." It may be mentioned here that after initially stating that the passengers and crew were accommodated "in hotels locally," Air India later said that the "infrastructure constraints" forced it to lodge them in make-shift accommodations. Air India in the communication also said that though it dispatched a relief flight at the earliest possible opportunity given the need to obtain insurance and flight plan approvals, clearly, the duration of delay was "long", and the "experience was not what we aspire to offer". "As such, we will fully refund the fare for your journey and, in addition, provide you a voucher for future travel on Air India," the Tata group airline said. SEE ALSO: <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/delhi-airports-initiative-allows-passengers-to-use-digiyatra-without-the-mobile-app/articleshow/100847427.cms">Delhi Airport's initiative allows passengers to use DigiYatra without the mobile app</a> <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/how-you-can-spot-ai-generated-images/articleshow/100847676.cms">Spot AI-generated images with these simple steps</a>

Air India to refund full airfare to all passengers affected  by Delhi-San Francisco flight diversion

<ul class="summary-list"><li>An arguing couple forced a Lufthansa A380 to be diverted to Delhi, per The Times of India.</li><li>The husband shouted at his wife, threw food, and tried to set a blanket on fire with a lighter, the paper reported.</li></ul>A <a target="_blank" href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/mad-mad-world/couples-argument-leads-to-diversion-of-lufthansa-flight-at-igi/articleshow/105588904.cms">Lufthansa flight was forced to divert</a> on Wednesday after a severe argument between a husband and wife, The Times of India reported.The superjumbo <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/emirates-airbus-a380-business-first-class-bar-shower-photos-2023-11">Airbus A380</a> was traveling between Munich, Germany and Bangkok, Thailand — a 10-hour journey — when the quarrel erupted.It prompted pilots to tell air traffic control at Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi, India about a "situation and possible unruly passenger," per The Times of India.An official told the newspaper that the wife reported her husband's behavior to the pilot, seeking intervention because she felt threatened by him.The husband, a 53-year-old German national, shouted at his wife and threw food before ignoring pleas from the cabin crew to calm down, unnamed sources told The Times of India.And he tried to burn a blanket using a lighter, the newspaper reported.Both the man and his wife, a Thai national, were deplaned in Delhi and taken away by immigration officials and federal police, per <a target="_blank" href="https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/lufthansa-flight-diverted-delhi-couple-fight-onboard-9047196/">The Indian Express</a>.The Times of India reported that Lufthansa was coordinating with the local German embassy, and deciding whether to hand the husband over to Delhi Police or send him back to Germany on the flight.Lufthansa confirmed to Business Insider in a statement that the flight was diverted due to an "unruly passenger" who was "handed over to the authorities," but did not provide details of the incident."Safety and security on board for our passengers and crew is our top priority," the airline added.The flight landed in Bangkok about two hours later than scheduled, per data from <a target="_blank" href="https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/lh772">Flightradar24</a>.

An arguing couple forced a Lufthansa A380 to divert after the husband reportedly threw food and tried to set fire to a blanket

<ul><li><keyword id="6358032" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="spicejet" source="Orion">SpiceJet</keyword> aircraft flying from Delhi to Dubai made an <keyword id="6354987" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="emergency-landing" source="Orion">emergency landing</keyword> at Karachi airport due to technical fault, today.</li><li>The airline has arranged another aircraft from Mumbai to pick up the passengers at Karachi airport and take them to Dubai at 1:30 p.m.</li><li>This is the sixth such incident for the airline in the last three months.</li></ul>SpiceJet SG-11 flight, which was flying from Delhi to Dubai, made an emergency landing in Karachi (Pakistan) after developing a technical fault. However, all passengers on board are safe, according to news agency ANI. The airline has arranged another aircraft from Mumbai to pick up the passengers at Karachi airport and take them to Dubai at 1:30 p.m. “On July 5, 2022, SpiceJet B737 aircraft operating flight SG-11 (Delhi-Dubai) was diverted to Karachi due to an indicator light malfunctioning. The aircraft landed safely at Karachi and passengers were safely disembarked. No emergency was declared and the aircraft made a normal landing. There was no earlier report of any malfunction with the aircraft. Passengers have been served refreshments,” said a SpiceJet <a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/spicejet-delhi-dubai-flight-lands-in-karachi-following-snag/articleshow/92672403.cms">official</a>. This is the sixth such incident for the airline in the last three months. Just a few days back, on July 2, a Jabalpur bound SpiceJet flight made an emergency landing in Delhi airport after smoke was discovered in the cabin as it was flying at an altitude of 5,000 feet. Yet, all its passengers were safe. The frequency of ‘safety incidents’ of SpiceJet have become a cause for concern. Two incidents were reported on June 19 alone — a Delhi-bound flight carrying over 185 passengers caught fire soon after take off from Patna airport and had to make an emergency landing. The airline clarified that a bird hit had damaged their fan blades. In the month of May, SpiceJet came in second in terms of flight cancellations, according to a report by regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). The notorious top spot is occupied by Gurugram-based Fly Big airline. SEE ALSO: <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/news/spicejets-safety-is-not-the-only-problem-its-cancellations-and-complaints-are-high-too/articleshow/92647896.cms">SpiceJet’s safety is not the only problem, it’s cancellations and complaints are high too</a> <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/startups/news/utkarsh-leadsquared-happylocate-cybersecurity-vivifi-india-startups-are-on-a-hiring-spree/articleshow/92672295.cms">Amid the layoff season, these five startups are on a hiring spree</a>

SpiceJet flight makes an emergency landing again – sixth incident in 3 months

<ul class="summary-list"><li>A 51-year-old pilot died onboard a Qatar Airways flight on Wednesday, The Times of India reported.</li><li>He was traveling as a passenger, and the plane was diverted 30 minutes before landing.</li></ul>An off-duty pilot died onboard a <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/toured-qatar-airways-airbus-a350-worlds-best-business-class-2023-6">Qatar Airways Airbus A350</a> flying from Delhi to Doha on Wednesday, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/pilot-who-operated-spicejet-first-flight-dies-on-delhi-doha-flight/articleshow/102780118.cms?from=mdr">The Times of India</a> reported.The 51-year-old had previously operated the inaugural flight of SpiceJet, an Indian budget airline, in 2005, according to the newspaper.Flight QR579 was about 30 minutes away from landing when it was diverted to Dubai, delaying its arrival in Doha by just over an hour, per data from <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/qr579">Flightradar24</a>.The pilot had fallen ill while traveling as a passenger onboard the A350, and was later declared dead, per the Times of India."He was very fit and his untimely demise has come as a big shock for everyone who knew him," a long-time colleague of the pilot told The Times of India.Qatar Airways did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.The pilot's death came just a day after another <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/captain-latam-boeing-787-dreamliner-died-after-becoming-unwell-reports-2023-8?r=US&amp;IR=T">pilot died while captaining a Boeing 787 Dreamliner</a>.Two hours after leaving Miami, two co-pilots had to take control of the LATAM flight and divert it to Panama.And on Thursday, a 40-year-old IndiGo pilot died at the boarding gate in Nagpur, India due to a "sudden cardiac arrest," per the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/indigo-pilot-collapses-and-dies-at-nagpur-airport-boarding-gate-minutes-before-scheduled-flight-101692296779289.html">Hindustan Times</a>.That marked the third death in three days, for what is usually a rare occurrence.

A 51-year-old Qatar Airways pilot reportedly died onboard a flight while off-duty, the 3rd unrelated airline pilot death in under a week

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="137254" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="United-Airlines">United Airlines</keyword> has ordered its pilots to avoid Afghan airspace, Reuters reported. </li><li><keyword id="14650" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Virgin-Atlantic">Virgin Atlantic</keyword> and <keyword id="52088" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="British-Airways">British Airways</keyword> will also reroute flights. </li><li><keyword id="16945" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Taliban">Taliban</keyword> fighters seized the capital <keyword id="13425" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Kabul">Kabul</keyword> on Sunday and now effectively control the country.</li></ul>Several major <keyword id="44023" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="airlines">airlines</keyword> have rerouted flights around <keyword id="6354541" type="COUNTRY" weightage="60" keywordseo="afghanistan">Afghanistan</keyword>'s airspace after <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/photos-show-taliban-with-guns-reciting-quran-at-presidential-palace-2021-8">Taliban fighters seized the capital Kabul and took effective control of the country.</a> "Due to the dynamic nature of the situation we have begun routing affected flights around Afghanistan airspace," a United spokesperson told Insider.Reuters <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/united-airlines-rerouting-some-flights-avoid-afghanistan-airspace-2021-08-16/">first reported</a> late on Sunday that the change would impact flights from the US to India.United's spokesperson told Insider that its daily direct flights from Newark to Delhi, Newark to Mumbai, and five-time weekly service from Chicago to Delhi, would be affected. UK carrier Virgin Atlantic told Insider that all of its Islamabad, Lahore, Mumbai, and Delhi services, "which typically overfly Afghanistan," would avoid the country's airspace. "Following the latest situation reports in Afghanistan, we will be re-routing our upcoming services to avoid Afghanistan's airspace," a spokesperson for Virgin Atlantic said in an emailed statement. British Airways also said Sunday that it would divert flights around Afghan airspace, <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/british-airways-not-currently-using-afghanistan-airspace-2021-08-15/">Reuters reported</a>. The company confirmed to Insider on Monday that it was "​not currently using Afghanistan's airspace."The Afghanistan Civil Aviation Authority (ACAA) said Monday that it had released the national airspace to the military, and advised all transit aircraft to find new routes, <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/airlines-reroute-flights-avoid-afghanistan-airspace-2021-08-16/">Reuters reported</a>.Read more: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/withdrawal-troops-afghanistan-biden-mistake-afghan-women-rights-2021-7">Biden's hasty withdrawal from Afghanistan has already proven to be a terrible mistake</a>In recent weeks, the Taliban have <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/taliban-advances-have-us-military-striking-captured-equipment-2021-8?r=US&amp;IR=TIR=T">swept through Afghanistan</a>, taking control of <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/former-nato-general-says-says-us-misjudgments-caused-afghanistan-crisis-2021-8?r=US&amp;IR=TIR=T">whole cities and regions</a>, and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/taliban-afghanistan-thousands-flee-to-kabul-2021-8">displacing thousands of Afghan civilians</a>. President Ashraf Ghani <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ashrafghani.af">said in a Facebook post</a> Sunday that he had <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/taliban-victory-in-afghanistan-interim-government-planned-reports-2021-8">fled the country</a> after Taliban fighters entered Kabul, 20 years after US forces entered the country. President Joe Biden in April announced a full <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/evacuations-roof-of-us-embassy-in-afghanistan-despite-biden-claim-2021-8">withdrawal of US troops</a>.The Taliban said that it <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/taliban-to-declare-islamic-emirate-of-afghanistan-official-2021-8">planned to declare an Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan</a>, the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-kabul-taliban-1794266cda1492f4128363572bc2cff6">Associated Press reported</a>, citing an unnamed Taliban official. Videos shared on social media show <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/videos-kabul-airport-show-chaos-taliban-takes-power-people-flee-2021-8">crowds of people</a> at Kabul's Hamid Karzai International Airport <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/afghanistan-kabul-airport-chaos-deaths-reported-2021-8">attempting to flee the city</a>. In July, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) banned US commercial airlines from flying below 26,000 feet in Kabul airspace. The FAA said in the notice that only flights to and from Hamid Karzai International Airport were permitted to fly lower.

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