A passenger on a Ryanair flight reportedly died on Sunday after suffering convulsions in mid-flight, causing a commotion inside the plane to try to resuscitate him, in vain.
“He stopped breathing and everything became chaos,” another passenger, who witnessed the scene, told the Manchester Evening News, according to “The Independent” on Tuesday.
At around 8:10 p.m. on Sunday, the man in question was on board a flight from Tirana, Albania, to Manchester, England, when he reportedly suffered a medical emergency in midair, according to the British media outlet .
While the plane was flying over England, the passenger began to suffer from “convulsions”, according to the witness, who indicated that other travelers trained in first aid then rushed to his aid and tried to provide assistance. right in the middle of the aisle.
Except that upon noticing that the man was no longer breathing, two members of the crew allegedly attempted to use a defibrillator to resuscitate him for 25 minutes, while the pilot made an emergency landing at Stansted Airport in London, according to “The Independent”.
When they arrived, an ambulance, a hazardous area response team vehicle, a paramedic car and an air ambulance were on scene to treat the patient, to no avail, a spokesperson for the service said. East of England Ambulance Service.
“Unfortunately, despite the best efforts of everyone involved, the man died at the scene,” he told the British media.
Despite the upheaval, the plane took off again to drop off the other passengers in Manchester, according to “The Independent”.
The death comes only a week after the family of Shimon Breuer, 25, who died last year of a mid-flight asthma attack, filed a lawsuit against the airline British Airways, alleging that the crew did not would not have asked the passengers if a doctor was on board.
