Man dies on inbound flight to O’Hare

Vo. V. Thanh was given oxygen, CPR and defibrillation with no results, police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

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A 64-year-old man died Sunday on a flight from Iceland to O’Hare International Airport.

Paramedics and officers were called about 8:35 p.m. for an unresponsive man on a flight from Iceland at the airport’s international terminal, Chicago police said. The Chicago Department of Aviation said the call involved Icelandair flight #855.

Vo. V. Thanh was given oxygen, CPR and defibrillation with no results, police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

He was taken to Resurrection Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 9:41 p.m., authorities said. Thanh lived in southwest suburban Wilmington.

Autopsy results were pending Monday evening, the medical examiner’s office said. Police were conducting a death investigation.

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