Waiting For The Flight Schedule To England, 60-Year-Old Grandfather Dies At Reus Airport, Spain

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JAKARTA - A 60-year-old grandfather who was waiting for his scheduled return flight to England died at Reus Airport, Spain.

Quoting The Sun, Thursday, July 25, the passenger of Ryanair was found to have fainted.

The clerk and police who handled the situation later stated that the grandfather had died.

Police said the grandfather died of natural causes in the departure area of Reus Airport.

However, an autopsy to determine the cause of his grandfather's death on Monday night will still be carried out in the near future.

Local media said the unnamed grandfather was in Spain in connection with health care at a hospital in Tarragona.

This is not the first time a passenger has died at Reus Airport.

in October 2023, a tourist suddenly fell ill moments before boarding a Jet2 plane to East Midlands Airport.

Furthermore, a 67-year-old female passenger died a few minutes after her plane arrived at Reus Airport in September 2019.

The plane passenger from the travel agency Thomas Cook suffered a heart attack. However, efforts to save him with a defibrillator were unsuccessful, so he was declared dead.