A flight attendant suffered a heart attack on a flight to Paris and died on a Gulf Air plane that made an emergency landing in Iraq.

The flight attendant died Tuesday after suffering a heart attack aboard a Gulf Air GF-19 aircraft. The plane took off at 14:00 from Bahrain International Airport in Bahrain and was heading to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, the capital of France.

According to information published by the British newspaper daily mailYasser Saleh al-Yazidi reportedly fell ill during the trip. Therefore, the pilots were forced to make an emergency landing in Erbil, in Kurdistan, in Iraq, so that Yasser could receive medical attention. The plane was already waiting for a team of doctors and, as soon as it landed, the crew member was immediately taken to the nearest hospital. However, he could not stand it, and upon arrival at the medical institution, he was pronounced dead.

According to statements by Erbil airport director Ahmed Hoshiar to Iraqi media, the plane was flying at an altitude of 34,000 feet in Iraq when Yasser became ill. The plane was stopped for four hours at Erbil International Airport and only after that the flight was resumed.

In a statement released by Gulf Air, the safety of passengers and crew is at the top of their priority list, and passengers are grateful for their understanding and patience in the face of what has happened, the paper said. daily mail🇧🇷

Crew members are trained in first aid and all aircraft are (or should be) equipped with first aid kits and medical supplies.