Summary
- A business class passenger tragically passed away mid-flight on an Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras flight from Fort Lauderdale to Belo Horizonte.
- The corresponding flight operated with only a minor delay after the passenger’s body was faraway from the aircraft.
- The aircraft involved within the incident was an Azul A330-200, which has been in operation for 21 years and has previously been utilized by Emirates and Sichuan Airlines.
A recent flight operating between Fort Lauderdale and Belo Horizonte had an unlucky incident where a business class passenger died mid-flight. The girl, who unfortunately passed away, became suddenly unwell on the flight and died of natural causes, based on a physician onboard.
Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras was quick to release an announcement regarding the death.
‘Unfortunately, she didn’t survive and died in the course of the flight, as confirmed by a physician on board.’
Photo: Airbus
AD8730
After the passenger’s body was faraway from the aircraft, data from Flightradar24.com shows that the corresponding flight was in a position to operate with only a minor delay. AD8730, a flight from Belo Horizonte to Orlando International Airport (MCO), departed at 11:57, two and a half hours behind the scheduled departure time of 09:30.
The flight took just over eight hours, touching down in Orlando at 18:09, an hour and forty minutes behind the expected arrival time of 16:30. The aircraft then had adequate time on the bottom at MCO, allowing the corresponding flight to be only half-hour late for the following departure, AD8731.