Such sad news. RIP
A passenger that was on board a Jet2 flight headed has tragically died. The flight, which was bound for Manchester, was forced to make an emergency landing in Newquay on Sunday night .
Speaking to the Manchester Evening News , passengers have described the emotional scenes on board. One passenger told the MEN: "A few hours into the flight a man was helping a woman he was with to the bathroom. She looked to be in quite a state and was in distress.One passenger told the MEN: "A few hours into the flight a man was helping a woman he was with to the bathroom. She looked to be in quite a state and was in distress.
"She seemed to take a sudden turn. The cabin crew put out an announcement for any medical staff on board. Then the plane took a very dramatic veer to the right and it was clear something had changed and we needed to land straight away."Quite a few people were visibly upset and emotional by what was going on. She passed out, and they had oxygen on board and a defibrillator on board and started performing CPR. They did this for around an hour until we landed at Newquay.
Passengers told the MEN that police spoke to the Jet2 staff while the plane refuelled. It then took off again and landed in Manchester around 10pm. The MEN has approached the South West Ambulance Service and Devon and Cornwall Police for comment.