EasyJet criticised for putting 'barely conscious' 94-year-old woman on plane who died during flight

EasyJet has been criticised for allowing a semi-conscious 94-year-old woman on to a plane who died half an hour into the flight.
The elderly woman, who has not yet been named, stopped breathing less during the flight from Murcia in Spain to Gatwick on 9 November.
An emergency was declared by the crew while flying over France and diverted to Toulouse-Blagnac Airport in southern France just 24 minutes after takeoff, but despite attempts at resuscitation, the woman died. A fellow passenger, who gave the deceased CPR, says she spotted the woman semi-conscious in the terminal just moments before she was wheeled onto the aircraft. Now Clare Tellam is questioning why EasyJet staff even deemed the pensioner fit to fly, as she looked barely conscious before boarding. Ms Tellam, 50, from Sydenham in south-east London, said: "In Murcia there was an old lady asleep in a wheelchair. "EasyJet staff spoke to her before the flight but she wasn't fully conscious and I thought, 'No way is that lady getting on our plane'." Ms Tellam had to move from her own seat while the elderly woman was assisted into the seat directly in front of her.

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