A pilot identified as Captain Manoj Subramanyam is reported dead moments before take-off as he collapses of sudden heart attack while passing through boarding gate.
On August 17, 2023, an incident happened at the airpot in Nagpur, India. A man had collapsed and after CPR was immediately administered and he did not respond, he passed away.
This man has been identified Captain Manoj Subramanyam, a pilot who was set to take his passengers to their destination.
He became the third pilot to suffer a sudden death in the country.
Below are everything we know about him.
What was Captain Manoj Subramanyam’s cause of death?
A young pilot fell ill and died suddenly moments before a routine flight from Pune from Nagpur airport, officials have said.
Captain Manoj Subramanyam, 40, reportedly collapsed at the boarding gate and was transported to hospital where he was pronounced dead.
The pilot was scheduled to operate the flight the day after completing two early morning flights, according to IndiGo.
Airport workers came to his assistance and administered CPR to Captain Subramanyam, but it was too late.
Preliminary reports from the hospital suggest the captain suffered a sudden cardiac arrest.
IndiGo Airlines wrote in a statement: “We are saddened at the passing of one of our pilots in Nagpur earlier today.
“He became unwell at Nagpur airport and was rushed to the hospital where he unfortunately passed away.
“Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and loved ones.”
Subramanyam’s body was be sent for a post-mortem examination but has since been released to his familky.
Due to the incident, the scheduled flight experienced a delay of 15 minutes before taking off.
Captain Manoj Subramanyam is reportedly the third pilot to have been dead in August 2023
Captain Subramanyam is the youngest of three pilots who have died suddenly since Monday, per AFlyGuyTravels.
On Monday, Captain Iván Andaur Santibáñez (56) began to feel unwell while operating a flight from Maimi to Santiago. He exited the flight deck, collapsed in the lavatory, and died.
Early Wednesday morning, another Indian pilot (51) from Qatar Airways was traveling on a flight from Delhi to Doha as a passenger when he passed away in-flight, causing the aircraft to divert to Dubai just 30 minutes before the flight was expected to reach its destination in Qatar.
These shocking deaths come as another pilot collapsed and died in a toilet onboard a Boeing 787.
Ivan Andaur, 56, was flying flight LA505 from Miami International Airport to Santiago, Chile, when he began to feel ill.
His two co-pilots were forced to make an emergency landing at Tocumen International Airport in Panama City.
Paramedics boarded the plane to provide medical assistance but Andaur was pronounced dead.
A nurse, only known as Isadora on social media, said she tried to revive Andaur, along with another nurse and two doctors, while the plane was landing after he suffered symptoms related to cardiac arrest.
She said that while they and the crew did their best to help him, Isadora said they didn’t have the “necessary or sufficient supplies” to resuscitate him.
Isadora said: “Unfortunately, we did not have the necessary or sufficient supplies to perform a good resuscitation.
“There LATAM needs to improve the issue of protocol in case of health and medical emergencies like this where lives can be saved but the resources are needed.”
Sky Airline captain Paula Mandini paid tribute to Andaur in a Facebook post.
She said: “I have many memories of flights, conversations and so many things… I have a giant lump in my throat.
“I only hope that you are with your Vero and from heaven you give strength to your daughter. Fly high!”