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About to operate Pune flight, IndiGo pilot collapses at Nagpur boarding gate; dies

IndiaTimes Thursday, 17 August 2023
Regarding Thursday’s tragedy, a senior DGCA official said: “The pilot had on Wednesday (Aug 16) operated two sectors — Trivandrum-Pune-Nagpur — early morning, between 3 am and 7 am. Thereafter he had 27 hours of rest and was scheduled to operate four sectors on Thursday with departure at 1 pm. Departure from Nagpur was to be his first sector of the day.” The pilot was taken to a hospital, where he was declared dead.
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