CHENNAI: A 58-year-old woman from Nesappakkam passed away mid-air on a Malaysia Airlines flight from Kuala Lumpur to Chennai, reportedly due to a heart attack.

The passenger, identified as Kalaiyarasi, was returning to India after two months.

After the flight landed at the Chennai International Airport around 11:10 pm, and passengers began to disembark, the crew members attempted to wake Kalaiyarasi up but she remained unresponsive.

Medical personnel from the airport rushed to the scene, but it was confirmed that she had already died, likely due to a massive heart attack in her sleep.

Authorities sent the woman's body for a post-mortem examination, and the Chennai airport police are investigating

Following the incident, the return flight was delayed and it eventually departed for Kuala Lumpur at 1 am, carrying 267 passengers.