SpiceJet Turbulence Incident: Man Who Suffered Spinal Injury During Mumbai-Durgapur Flight Dies 5 Months After Tragic Accident

Akbar Ansari (48), a resident of Jharkhand’s Giridih district, who was among 17 people on-board a Mumbai-Durgapur SpiceJet flight on May 1 that got caught in a storm during its descent succumbed to spinal injury last month. After nearly five months of treatment at The Mission Hospital in Durgapur, Ansari died of “sepsis in shock” caused by “polytrauma with spinal injury” on September 26, his death certificate said. The passenger was injured after his head hit the aircraft cabin’s ceiling twice, damaging his spinal cord and neck as the aircraft tried to negotiate through a storm. The SpiceJet flight was attempting a landing at Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport in West Bengal's Durgapur.

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