Airline passenger found dead aboard Delta Flight 53 from Nigeria to Atlanta

Passenger dies on flight from Nigeria to Atlanta

ATLANTA — Delta Air Lines says a 57-year-old passenger was found dead aboard a flight from Lagos, Nigeria, to Atlanta.

Atlanta police spokesman Otis Redmond says foul play is not suspected in the woman’s death.

Georgia Bureau of Investigation spokesman John Bankhead says the woman’s body was taken to a crime lab for an autopsy.

Delta spokeswoman Susan Elliott says the passenger was found unresponsive early Monday aboard Delta Flight 53, about an hour out of Atlanta and about 11 hours from the time it took off. She says the airline can’t identify the passenger.

Bankhead says the FBI is investigating because the death occurred on an international flight.

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ATLANTA (AP) — Delta Air Lines says a passenger was found dead aboard a flight from Lagos, Nigeria, to Atlanta.

Delta spokeswoman Susan Elliott says the airline is working with medical authorities to determine the facts in the case. Elliott says the passenger was found unresponsive early Monday aboard Delta Flight 53, about an hour out of Atlanta and about 11 hours from the time it took off.

Atlanta police spokesman Otis Redmond says foul play is not suspected. A Georgia Bureau of Investigation medical examiner’s investigator was sent to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

Delta says it can’t provide the passenger’s identity.