The first aid given to the 35-year-old on board the plane was provided by two doctors who were among the passengers on the flight: they began cardiopulmonary resuscitation maneuvers with the semi-automatic defibrillator present on the aircraft. The wife who was traveling with the victim witnessed the whole scene and finally she felt ill.
On the 35 year old passenger died on the Turin-Lamezia flight resuscitation maneuvers have been practiced for a long time, using also defibrillator and adrenalinebut unfortunately every effort proved in vain and the man died on board the plane amidst the torment of the wife who finally fell ill before the terrible scene. The victim, a man of Calabrian origins but resident in the province of Cuneo, in Vezza D’Alba, was returning to the south and traveling with his wife, also of Calabrian origins, when he suddenly felt ill.
Ryanair flight FR8780R left at 11am from Turin Caselle airport towards Lamezia Terme airport, in Calabria, but as soon as he arrived above Genoa, the medical emergency was triggered on board. The commander notified the airspace control and immediately reversed course, returning towards the airport from the Piedmontese capital. In Turin Caselle the plane landed at approximately 11.36am and was greeted by medical personnel on duty at the airport’s emergency room, as well as an ambulance and a medical car sent by 118.
Meanwhile on board first aid was provided by two doctors who were among the passengers of the flight and who began cardiopulmonary resuscitation maneuvers, assisted by the on-board staff, with a semi-automatic defibrillator present on the plane.
Heart attack on the Turin-Lamezia flight, the plane forced to turn back: 35-year-old passenger dies
As ASL To4 reconstructs in a note, before landing the two doctors on board administered two shocks with the defibrillator. In the meantime, the healthcare staff on duty at the airport emergency room stood on the tarmac waiting for the Borgaro Torinese base ambulance and the vehicle with doctor and nurse based in Venaria. As soon as the plane landed, the doctor on duty at the airport immediately boarded and provided the third shock with the automatic external defibrillator and administer adrenaline.
However, every effort proved in vain and the man was pronounced dead at the scene. His wife, who was traveling with him, witnessed the whole scene and eventually she felt ill and was taken to hospital. They got married last summer.
