A 51-year-old man died during a Cathay Pacific flight from Manchester to Hong Kong on Friday morning – this is a breaking story
A 51-year-old man has died during a Cathay Pacific flight from Manchester to Hong Kong.
The passenger lost consciousness during flight CX216, which departed Manchester Airport at 11.04am HKT on Thursday and landed at Hong Kong International Airport at 6.53am on Friday (11.53pm BST on Thursday). Hong Kong police said they received a report from air traffic controllers at around 6.15am local time that a passenger had collapsed on board the flight, according to the Hong Kong Free Press.
An autopsy is currently underway to determine the cause of death of the man who is named by media whose surname is reportedly Chen, according to the outlet.
In a statement to the South China Morning Post, a spokesperson for Hong Kong’s flag carrier said that “the crew and a doctor on board had provided immediate first aid to the victim”. The spokesperson added that an ambulance was called and paramedics boarded the plane upon landing.
