KQ Confirms Death Of Passenger Aboard Plane From Nairobi To New York

NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept, 3 – Kenya Airways Friday confirmed a passenger aboard one of its flights from Nairobi to New York died. 

This is the second such passenger to be reported dead in a span of two weeks.

The carrier, popularly known as KQ, said the unnamed passenger passed away on September 2, 2022 at around 6.30am.

“A passenger was found to be unresponsive,” KQ said.

“Upon further medical examination, personnel confirmed that the passenger had passed away. The flight had departed Nairobi per schedule on Thursday September 1 at 11.55pm.”

The incident happened aboard flight KQ002. 

The passenger who died aboard one of its flights from New York to Nairobi last week was a dual citizen of United States and Kenya. 

Authorities identified him as Peterson Njuguna Mwangi aged 66 of Lewisburg Pennsylvania. 

The KQ plane was supposed to arrive at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) at 10:32am on Monday, August 22 but due to the incident and consequent rerouting, it touched down in Nairobi a few minutes past 7pm.

A medical emergency forced the plane pilots to divert the plane to Casablanca, Morocco.