Woman dies on board Jetstar flight from Rarotonga to Auckland

January 5, 2018

A woman has passed away on a Jetstar flight from Rarotonga bound for Auckland yesterday morning after a medical incident. 

An Auckland Airport spokesperson has confirmed to 1NEWS that a person died on Jetstar flight JQ 130 yesterday.

The plane arrived at Auckland Airport at 4:37am on Friday.

Paramedics and Police were called by Jetstar staff mid-flight to meet them at the airport, but unfortunately the person had passed away by the time the plane landed.

A passenger on the flight told 1 NEWS: "They did CPR for a little while and then called over the plane asking for any nurses or doctors to make themselves present.

"That went on for a while. It would been maybe like 30-60mins of CPR.

"Eventually they closed the curtains at the back and then when we started to descend a bit three guys helped lift the lady up on to the very back row of seats where she laid with her friend."

A Jetstar spokesperson was unable to directly confirm the death, however was able to tell 1 NEWS that there had been a medical incident on board flight JQ 130.

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