AirAsia pilot, Capt Maher Sayegh, a Syrian national, died here on Friday following cardiac arrest, a senior police officer told PTI today.
Maher had arrived in the city in the morning and had checked into a city hotel. He collapsed in his car in VIP road on way to the airport.
The pilot was 60, the police officer said.
The driver on finding him unconscious drew the attention of the police, who helped to take the pilot to a nearby hospital where doctors declared him 'brought dead'.
The attending doctors said the reason of his death was cardiac arrest, the police officer said.
The body was later sent to Maher's homeland after post mortem, he added.
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