Electromagnetic waves from an airport metal detector caused a woman’s pacemaker to malfunction and kill her, Central European News (CEN) has reported.
Diana Tolstova, 30, collapsed in the arms of her husband, Maxim, 33, after passing through the detector at Ulan-Ude airport in the Republic of Buryatia in Southern Russia, according to
Fox News.
Airport medics were called, but were too late to save the woman.
“We were standing at the security gates and I had given them papers showing Diana was on a pacemaker,” Maxim told CEN. “I don’t know what happened, but she went through it anyway.”
When the couple arrived at their departure gate, Diana began to feel dizzy and suddenly collapsed. When doctors arrived, they were unsure what to do.
"They didn’t give her any first aid and they didn’t call an ambulance,” Maxim said.
Airport officials say they are investigating the death.
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