Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnamese authorities,representative offices in the US and the national flag carrier Vietnam Airlinescoordinated with the US side in conducting a flight bringing Vietnamesecitizens there back home on July 15-16.
Vietnamese representative offices in the USactively supported the citizens. The Consulate General in San Francisco sentofficials to the airport to help them complete all necessary procedures.
Preventive measures against COVID-19 wereimplemented seriously during the flight.
Upon landing at Van Don international airport innortheastern Quang Ninh province, all passengers and crew members had theirbody temperature checked and were quarantined as regulated.
However, according to Vietnam Airlines, a malepassenger, born in 1947 had an accidental fall after using the restroom whenthe plane had been flying for over 13 hours and was cruising at an altitude of33,000 feet (about 10 km). Crew members and passengers who are doctors on theflight actively provided him with the first aids, but he had died before theplane landed at the airport.
The airline informed the incident to theaviation’s relevant agencies./.