Mom of 2 Dies on American Airlines Flight Despite Island Diversion

A 41-year-old Indiana mother of two died Wednesday after she suddenly fell ill on an American Airlines flight from the Dominican Republic to North Carolina, reported Fox 59.

The Boeing 737 was diverted to Turks and Caicos, just 310 miles from where the flight departed in Punta Cana, and the woman was rushed to a hospital, the islands’ police force said in a statement.

The unnamed women was pronounced dead there, police said, adding that a “post-mortem will be conducted to ascertain the cause of death.”

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