Delta moves a flight from Lagos to Lome due to a rainstorm and a passenger's death.
A passenger who has not yet been named died in midair on Monday while traveling from Atlanta to Lagos on a Delta Air Lines flight.
She reportedly passed away as a result of a medical emergency that struck her in midair, around three hours before the plane was supposed to land in Lagos.
The crew decided to fly to Lagos, however it was later discovered that the pilots had to divert the aircraft to Lome, Togo due to a strong rainstorm in the vicinity.
Some close to the development claim that the weather and refueling caused an extra delay for the flight in Lome. There were 215 passengers on board the A330-200 operated by Delta Air Lines.
Nevertheless, after almost eight and a half hours, the aircraft made a safe landing in Lagos. The original plan was for the flight to arrive on Monday by 10 a.m. It was discovered that the travelers were paid.
In a statement, Delta Air expressed sorry for any difficulties or delays it may have caused to its customers' travel plans while they were in flight.
"Delta flight 54 ATL-LOS has safely landed in LOS following an onboard customer medical situation and subsequent diversion to LFW due to weather," the announcement stated. We really regret any difficulty and delay caused to our customers' travel arrangements.
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