Passenger dies on flight

A FLIGHT from Tenerife to Manchester Airport on Sunday night, April 2, issued an alert about three hours after takeoff when a female passenger required medical assistance.

A passenger on the flight told a news source: “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 by what was going on. She passed out, and they had oxygen and a defibrillator on board and started per­