Hoshiarpur, Feb. 20 -- A 66-year-old man from Hoshiarpur's Moonak Khurd village died of a heart attack while travelling on an international flight. Deceased Pargan Singh and his wife were going to Italy to visit their son.

The couple had boarded the Air India flight to Milan from New Delhi airport on February 16. Shortly after the plane took off, Pargan Singh started perspiring and eventually fell unconscious. Crew members tried to provide emergency health aid, but he could not be resuscitated.

Pargan Singh's son Gurjit Singh brought his father's body back to the village, where the last rites were performed on Friday.

Gurjit said that his parents had earlier taken the flight on February 15, but as soon as they boarded the plane, his fa...