The Public Ministry (MP) reported this Thursday April 10 that the Special Unit against Crimes committed in airports and airfields prosecuted the scene death of a passenger in it La Aurora International Airport.
The Prosecutor’s Office explained that the passenger was identified as Germán Augusto Ruano and that, according to preliminary results, death occurred by Natural causes
The General Directorate of Civil Aeronautics (DGAC) reported the case last Wednesday, April 9, 2025before noon, after the emergency occurred in the Third level of the air terminal.
Ruano, who was traveling as a passenger of American Airlines bounded to USA, He began to feel bad when he arrived at the counterextended the Prosecutor’s Office.
According to the official report, despite the immediate attention of the medical team, he suffered a fulminant infarction.
Relatives of the victim reported that Ruano suffered cardiovascular problems and He had recently undergone surgical intervention to withdraw a pacemaker.
The General Directorate of Civil Aeronautics had already expressed its condolences and solidarity with the relatives of the deceased in a statement.
The entity also transferred its condolences: “From the General Directorate of Civil Aeronautics we express our most sincere condolences and solidarity to the family and loved ones of the deceased.”
Emergencies at La Aurora Airport
The administration of La Aurora Airport He informed that Emergency Operations Center (COE)a space in which attention is given to visitors and passengers within the air terminal, attended in March 2025 a total of 50 Medical emergencies.
The breakdown data details that of the 50 cases, 26 corresponded to women and 24 to men.
The greatest number of attention was by trauma or laceration, followed by symptoms of food poisoning, hypotension, hyperglycemia, decompensation, stomach and respiratory problems, as well as Anxiety attacks.
In addition, passengers have presented symptoms of Hypertension, heat stroke, neurological problems, hypoglycemiaamong others.
La Aurora International Airport has an emergency operations center (COE), an essential space to provide timely medical care within the air terminal.
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