Posted on: 12:01 Sat, 20 Feb 2016



A 39-year old pregnant woman was on Friday confirmed dead on board an Arik Air flight from Port Harcourt to Lagos.

The deceased, identified as Mrs Ijeoma
Nwokedi, was confirmed dead on arrival by the
medical personnel at the Murtala Muhammed
Airport Domestic Terminal One, Lagos.
A reliable source told NAN, that Nwokedi was
travelling with her husband and a cousin.

The source said the deceased had developed
complications mid-air and was attended to by
some medical personnel on board the flight.

Arik Air , in a statement issued by its
Communications Manager, Mr Ola Adebanji,
confirmed the incident. According to the
statement, “a female passenger on board Arik
Air’s Port Harcourt-Lagos flight was confirmed
dead by medical personnel on arrival this
morning at the Murtala Muhammed Airport
Domestic Terminal One, Lagos. The lady boarded
the flight from Port Harcourt in company of her
husband and cousin. The cause of death is yet to
be ascertained” 133013, the statement said.

NAN recalls that another unidentified female passenger died on Feb. 17 in one of the toilets of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport.