2 pilots die in two days, 1 at boarding gate and another on flight

New Delhi, Agencies: A 40-year-old IndiGo pilot who was going to operate the airline’s Nagpur-Pune flight died after collapsing near a boarding gate at the Nagpur airport on Thursday, officials said.

Captain Manoj Subramanyam (40) fell unconscious in the security hold area of the airport around 12 noon, they said.

“Prima facie, he died of cardiac arrest following sudden unexpected loss of heart function”, said KIMSKingsway Hospital where he was rushed.

This is the second case of sudden death involving Indian pilots this week.

On Wednesday, a pilot with Qatar Airways fell ill and died while flying from Delhi to Doha as a passenger