Shocking! Man Dies on Flight While Fighting and Biting Another Passenger

Posted by Thandiubani on Mon 19th Oct, 2015 - tori.ng

A man died on flight while biting and fighting another passenger on air.

A 24-year-old man on an Aer Lingus flight from Lisbon to Dublin died after becoming violent, fighting and biting another passenger who tried to help restrain him.

The violent man was on a flight from Portugal to Ireland fell unconscious while in the air and was pronounced dead at Cork Airport.

Medics could not resuscitate him even after several failed attempts. The dead man was said to have bitten one of those helping to restrain him before collapsing. This caused the Aer Lingus flight from Lisbon to Dublin to divert to Cork Airport where the young man was confirmed dead.

According to Passenger John Leonard, two nurses and a doctor had tried to resuscitate the man after the captain asked if there were any medics on board.

The Passenger said: "After that it got worse I would say, his seizure seemed to get worse. He was actually on the ground shaking violently.

"The noise he was making was like something I have never heard before.

"It's not something you'd hear everyday. It was like deep anguish is the best way I could describe it, very, very troubled.

"Not screaming in a sense you know if you'd hurt yourself or something, just a very guttural, from deep within him."

A post-mortem examination will be conducted to determine the actual cause of the young man's death and to know if he had a seizure or an underlying medical condition that caused his death.

Meanwhile, a Portuguese woman in her forties found with amphetamines was questioned by police on suspicion of drugs offences at Togher Garda station in Cork city.

Police confirmed all the passengers numbering 168 and six crew members on board the flight were questioned concerning the death incident.