An Air India captain was found unresponsive in his hotel room during an overnight flight layover in New Delhi, and was later pronounced dead at a hospital.The captain has been identified as Sunny Sharad Asaldekar, 46, The New Indian Express reported.He had checked into the hotel Thursday, and his brother contacted the hotel manager the following evening after Asaldekar stopped answering calls.The hotel manager entered the locked room with a master key and found Asaldekar unconscious and unresponsive, according to the outlet.'WE NEED TO RETURN IMMEDIATELY,' FLIGHT CREW WARNS AS PILOT HEALTH EMERGENCY UNFOLDSPolice responded to the hotel, and Asaldekar was taken to a hospital, where he was declared dead."Air India is deeply saddened at the passing away of a cockpit crew member in Delhi last night," the airline said in a statement to The New Indian Express.An Air India captain was found unresponsive in his hotel room during an overnight layover in New Delhi and later pronounced dead at a hospital.
(iStock)"He was on a layover rest at a hotel in Delhi where he was found unconscious last evening.He was rushed to the hospital immediately, where he was declared dead."A post-mortem examination was conducted, but the cause of death has not yet been determined.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTERThe Federation of Indian Pilots renewed its call for an urgent review of fatigue-management practices after the pilot's death but said it was not directly linking fatigue to his death, according to The Times of India.Matthew "Whiz" Buckley, a former U.S.
Navy F/A-18 Hornet fighter pilot who also flew for American Airlines and FedEx, told Fox News Digital that fatigue has long been a concern in commercial aviation.The Federation of Indian Pilots renewed its call for an urgent review of fatigue-management practices after the pilot's death.(Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images)"Pilot fatigue in aviation has been an issue since day one," Buckley said.While passenger...