Kathmandu, May 31: A 73-year-old man returning from the United States died aboard a flight before it landed in Kathmandu.
According to authorities, Shyam Marhattha was found unconscious and pronounced dead on a Turkish Airlines flight that arrived at Tribhuvan International Airport at 6:35 a.m. on Sunday.
Airport officials said Marhattha, a resident of Barpak Sulikot Rural Municipality-2 in Gorkha District, had been traveling with his family on Turkish Airlines flight TK-726.
Senior Superintendent of Police Basant Rajoure said the body has been sent to a hospital for a post-mortem examination.
“Police are carrying out the necessary legal procedures,” Rajoure said.
People’s News Monitoring Service
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