Man had heart attack on board Tiger Airways flight

• QX179R

  27 Aug 09, 20:36

  A man has died after suffering a heart attack on a Tiger Airways flight.

  The flight from Shenzhen landed in Singapore at about 4am today.

  Mr Wu, who was on the flight, called the MediaCorp News Hotline and said the man appeared to be in his 60s or 70s.

  He said the man was wearing a mask, and appeared unwell during the flight.

  "He looked pretty sickly to me. In mid journey, there was a bit of commotion. I think the stewardesses were trying to attend to him. They took down the oxygen tank to let him breathe through. They were trying to resuscitate him. And it carried on for a good 45 minutes but there was no action."

  Tiger Airways says the man was sent to hospital on landing.

  And he was pronounced dead while on the way to hospital.

  --938Live

• lianamaster

  3 Sep 09, 22:27

  

• kopiosatu

  3 Sep 09, 22:29

  there was no action

  what action was that fella expecting? immediate landing?