Chicago-area man falls ill on plane, dies after emergency landing at Pittsburgh International
A 48-year-old man from suburban Chicago became unresponsive Wednesday afternoon while on a Southwest Airlines flight from New York to Chicago.
The plane made an emergency landing at Pittsburgh International Airport shortly before 1 p.m. and the man was transported to a hospital, according to Allegheny County Airport Authority spokesman Bob Kerlik.
Thomas Guziak of Tinley Park, Ill., died at 1:49 p.m., according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s office.
A cause of death wasn’t released.
Tom Davidson is a TribLive news editor. He has been a journalist in Western Pennsylvania for more than 25 years. He can be reached at tdavidson@triblive.com.
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