Woman dies before boarding plane out of Dubai

A Ugandan woman died just before she was about to board a flight from Dubai International Airport on Friday, June 28.

A report in local daily ‘Gulf Today’ named the lady as Sarah Melona Namwanje.

Quoting a friend of the deceased, Gonzaga Ssekate, the report stated that Sarah had come to Dubai on a holiday and decided to cut short her stay after she began to feel unwell.

Despite requests for her to rest, Sarah insisted on flying out and collapsed and died within the vicinity of the airport, the report said.

Her relatives in Uganda were waiting at the airport and panicked when Sarah did not emerge.

They contacted Dubai, after which the Dubai Police were contacted and the body traced.

According to the report, the body is at the Dubai Police Headquarters, pending clearance to be flown to Uganda.

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