A Garuda Indonesia passenger arriving from Sydney, Australia, passed away moments after landing on Thursday.
Soekarno-Hatta Airport Police spokesperson Second Insp. Prayogo said on Friday that Siti Purnamalia Wakak Mega passed away around noon.
“While in line at customs, she fell ill, and officers took her to the airport clinic. According to the doctors, she experienced heart failure,” said Prayogo as quoted by kompas.com, noting that Siti’s family refused an autopsy and took the deceased to her family’s home.
According to Prayogo, this was not the first incident to have happened in the airport.
“Many civilians have died before or after a flight, but most of them were sick beforehand.” (jlm)
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