Passenger dies from ovarian cancer aboard Delta flight from Nigeria to Atlanta

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Passenger dies on flight from Nigeria to Atlanta

ATLANTA — Delta Air Lines says a 57-year-old passenger was found dead aboard a flight from Nigeria to Atlanta.

Georgia Bureau of Investigation spokesman John Bankhead said an autopsy determined Aolatou Assani died of ovarian cancer.

Delta spokeswoman Susan Elliott says she was found unresponsive early Monday aboard Delta Flight 53, about an hour out of Atlanta and about 11 hours after it took off from Lagos.

FBI Special Agent Steve Emmett says the FBI was initially involved in the investigation because the woman died aboard an international flight.