A Delta Airlines flight from Seattle to Atlanta was diverted to Spokane Saturday morning after a 16-year-old boy died on board.
Airport spokesman Todd Woodard says the teen suffered some kind of medical emergency on Flight 128 Saturday morning and passed away reportedly of natural causes.
Delta spokesman Michael Thomas says there were 258 passengers on the Boeing 767. They exited the aircraft at Spokane and some were being rebooked onto other flights to get to their destinations. Delta was flying in another crew Saturday afternoon to fly the remaining passengers to Atlanta.
“Despite resuscitation attempts by Engine 6 assisted by AMR SIA, the young patient did not survive. The military family was traveling with the teen to Atlanta for a family Christmas. Thoughts and prayers from all of us at the SFD for the family and their extended Army Family,” the Spokane Fire Department posted on their Facebook page.