A pas­sen­ger on board a Caribbean Air­lines Flight en-route from Mi­a­mi to Port-of-Spain on Thurs­day af­ter­noon, died on his way to hos­pi­tal af­ter the flight was di­vert­ed to San Juan, Puer­to Ri­co, af­ter he fell ill.A re­lease from CAL yes­ter­day said the 35-year-old pas­sen­ger, who was not named, was met by an am­bu­lance and ac­com­pa­ny­ing para­medics when flight BW483 touched down at the Luis Munoz Marin In­ter­na­tion­al Air­port. The para­medics rushed him to the hos­pi­tal, where he lat­er died.

The oth­er 90 pas­sen­gers on board were ac­com­mo­dat­ed at ho­tels for the night and the flight re­sumed its jour­ney yes­ter­day morn­ing, op­er­at­ing as BW3483. It ar­rived at Pi­ar­co In­ter­na­tion­al at 11.35 am.