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<\/div>\nA regulatory official said Kumar underwent his medicals on August 23 and was declared fit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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A senior Air India pilot died on Thursday morning after showing signs of discomfort during a training session at the Delhi airport, according to officials.<\/p>\n
The pilot appears to have suffered a cardiac arrest, they added.<\/p>\n
The officials said that Himmanil Kumar, who was in his 30s, was at a training session in the operations department of Air India at Terminal 3 of the airport. Suddenly, he started showing signs of discomfort and colleagues tried to assist him. He was taken to a hospital at the airport but passed away despite efforts to revive him, the officials said.<\/p>\n
Kumar, a senior commander, was undergoing conversion training whereby pilots flying narrow-body aircraft are trained to operate wide-body planes.<\/p>\n
He started training from October 3 for transition to operating Boeing 777 aircraft from A320 aircraft, they added.<\/p>\n
One of the officials said the airline is extending all possible assistance to the family and that the father of the pilot was a senior commander at the airline.<\/p>\n
A regulatory official in the know said Kumar underwent his medicals on August 23 and was declared fit.<\/p>\n
There is no fatigue-related issue with respect to flying duties and after leaves, Kumar resumed training on Thursday.<\/p>\n
All his past medical assessments were fine with no detected underlying medical conditions, the official added.<\/p>\n
There was no immediate statement from Air India.<\/p>\n
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