A flight attendant died suddenly after suffering a heart attack while working on a flight from Bahrain to Paris.
The flight attendant was identified as Yasser Saleh Al Yazidi, a member of the cabin crew for Gulf Air.
The pilots on flight GF-19 were forced to make an emergency landing in Erbil, Iraq.
He was rushed to a hospital immediately after the emergency landing, but was pronounced dead on arrival.
According to the Daily Mail, the attendant suffered a heart attack about an hour and a half into the flight.
Gulf Air released a statement following Yasser’s death, “The national carrier expresses its deepest condolences to the crew member’s family and loved ones, and confirms that the flight resumed to Paris as scheduled.”
“Gulf Air reassures that the safety of its passengers and crew comes at the top of its priorities, and thanks the affected flight’s passengers for their patience and understanding,” the statement continued.
Incidents of pilots and flight attendants passing out, fainting or dying during flights has increased in recent months.
Earlier this month, a recently hired Envoy Air pilot collapsed and was pronounced dead shortly after taking off from Chicago O’Hare International Airport en route to Columbus, Ohio.
In September, a Boeing flight commander died suddenly during a flight from Novokuznetsk to St Petersburg in Russia.
In October, famous comic book artist and illustrator Kim Jung Gi died suddenly on October 3 from heart failure just before he was to board a plane in Paris bound for New York.
In August, a mother tragically died suddenly in her sleep during a long flight from Hong Kong to the UK.
