A mother of two from central Indiana died Wednesday after falling ill on a flight from the Dominican Republic to the United States, according to reports.
According to police, the 41-year-old woman was on American Airlines Flight 2790 from Punta Cana to Charlotte, North Carolina, when her condition suddenly deteriorated.
Local police said she was given cardiopulmonary resuscitation on the plane before the plane was diverted to the Turks and Caicos Islands, a British overseas territory located in the southeastern Bahamas.
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Medics and police were dispatched to the plane, and the woman was taken to a local hospital, where she was later pronounced dead, according to a Facebook post from Royal Turks and Caicos Island Police.
Officials said an autopsy will be conducted to confirm the cause of death.
American Airlines confirmed to Fox News Digital that the plane was diverted to Providenciales International Airport (PLS) and the woman was taken to the hospital. The airline said the flight continued to Charlotte the next day.
A drone view from above Grand Turk in the Turks and Caicos Islands, a British overseas territory located southeast of the Bahamas. (St. Petersburg)
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The passenger’s identity has not been released, but FOX 59 reports she was from central Indiana.
The woman identified the passenger on Facebook as her sister-in-law.
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“We are in disbelief and our hearts are broken,” Stephanie Quinn wrote in response to the police statement.
Quinn described her sister-in-law as the only girl among five children and the mother of two “big-hearted, honest, beautiful children.”
It is unclear whether the 41-year-old was on the plane with her children or other family members when she became ill.
An accurate map of the Turks and Caicos Islands. (Google Maps)
