63-year-old woman dies on a plane at Dallas-Fort Worth airport gate, officials say
A 63-year-old woman died Thursday morning on a commercial jet at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, officials said.
Mahasen Mohamed was pronounced dead shortly after 9:45 a.m. on Oct. 31, according to the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office website. The place of death is given as a commercial jet located at Gate 11 in Terminal D.
Mohamed’s cause and manner of death are not yet listed on the medical examiner’s site. She was a resident of Garland.
The Dallas-Fort Worth Airport Department of Public Safety responded to the incident.
An airport spokesperson said the department’s first responders were dispatched to the aircraft on a medical call and that the airline, Qatar Airways, should be able to provide more information about what happened on board the plane.
Flightradar24, a website that tracks flights, shows that a Boeing 777 Qatar Airways flight from Doha landed at Gate 11 around that time. The airline did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
This story was originally published October 31, 2024 at 3:08 PM.
