{"id":23577,"date":"2022-06-19T06:36:14","date_gmt":"2022-06-19T06:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/?p=23577"},"modified":"2022-06-19T06:36:14","modified_gmt":"2022-06-19T06:36:14","slug":"mgt-of-gacl-confirms-death-of-a-passenger-from-us-at-kia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/2022\/06\/19\/mgt-of-gacl-confirms-death-of-a-passenger-from-us-at-kia\/","title":{"rendered":"Mgt of GACL confirms death of a passenger from US at KIA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Management of the\u00a0Ghana Airport Company Limited\u00a0(GACL) has confirmed that on Friday, June 17, 2022, a middle-aged male passenger arrived onboard United Airlines at the\u00a0Kotoka International Airport\u00a0(KIA) from Dulles International Airport Washington at approximately 10:20 am in the company of a relative.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A statement issued on Saturday, June 18 said the passenger was reported to have complained of tiredness and had difficulty in breathing.<\/p>\n<p>He was subsequently offered a wheelchair by the Ground Handler. The passenger became unconscious at the arrival hall and received medical attention but was unresponsive.<\/p>\n<p>The statement indicated that he was conveyed to the airport clinic for further attention and he subsequently passed on.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn line with protocols, the Airport District Police station was immediately informed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGhana Airport Company Limited\u00a0has commenced an investigation into the incident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cManagement extends its deepest condolences to the bereaved family,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Laud Nartey<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Management of the\u00a0Ghana Airport Company Limited\u00a0(GACL) has confirmed that on Friday, June 17, 2022, a middle-aged male passenger arrived onboard United Airlines at the\u00a0Kotoka International Airport\u00a0(KIA) from Dulles International Airport Washington at approximately 10:20 am in the company of a relative. A statement issued on Saturday, June 18 said the passenger was reported to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":23578,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_post_source_name":"","_post_source_url":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[43,1,54],"tags":[11353,5754,7234,5455,192,5221,10954,10197,13177,4814,421,11052,6348,7235,2354,10028],"class_list":["post-23577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news","category-obituary","tag-airlines","tag-airport","tag-death","tag-family","tag-ghana","tag-ghana-airport","tag-international","tag-investigation","tag-kia","tag-kotoka-international-airport","tag-police","tag-united-airlines","tag-us","tag-us-plane","tag-washington","tag-wheelchair"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23577\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}