A 42-year-old woman passenger with a respiratory condition was found dead on an aircraft soon after it landed in Chennai, airport officials said.
The woman, Anita, was coming to this city from Kolkata for treatment at a hospital.
The flight crew found her motionless in her seat as passengers began to disembark and alerted the airport officials.
A medical team examined her and pronounced her dead.
The cause of death is suspected to be cardiac arrest. The body was later taken to a government hospital in Chrompet.