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Flight Diverted To Dulles After Passenger Dies: Report

The flight was headed from Houston to Boston when a passenger reportedly had a medical emergency and died; the plane landed at Dulles.

A passenger on board a flight to Boston had a medical emergency and later died, forcing the plane to be diverted to Washington Dulles International Airport.

NBC Washington reports that United Airlines Flight 1888, which was traveling from Houston to Boston Wednesday morning, made an emergency landing at Dulles.

The crew used medical equipment on board the plane, but the passenger later died.

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Photo: The main terminal at Washington Dulles International Airport. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

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