82-year-old passenger dies on flight to PH from Canada

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MANILA – An 82-year-old passenger died while on flight from Vancouver, Canada to Manila, according to a report from the Manila International Airport Authority.

Macario Gonzales, who was aboard a Philippine Airlines (PAL) flight, suffered back pain hours before the aircraft’s scheduled arrival at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA).

In an attempt to lessen the pain, a stewardess offered a hot compress which the elderly passenger placed against his back. After a few hours, however, he had fallen unconscious and was later on pronounced dead due to cardio-pulmonary arrest.

Upon the PAL plane’s touchdown, Gonzales’ death was called in and his body was brought to the airport clinic while the family made funeral arrangements.