What: Lufthansa en route from Frankfurt to Singapore (Frankfurt-Bangkok?)
Where: Kolkata
When: Jan 29, 2011, 11:25
Who: 300 passengers, 1 fatality: passenger “Robert”
Why: While en route, the 75 year old passenger identified as “Robert” (who was coming from Belgium accompanied by his wife) had medical complications. The flight diverted to Kolkata. The director of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport made the public announcement that the passenger was dead on landing. The body was removed from the plane, and the flight continued at 3:25.
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