Tragic: Woman discovered dead on flight with her children and her body stays in her seat for remainder of flight – TheLiberal.ie – Our News, Your Views

Tragic: Woman discovered dead on flight with her children and her body stays in her seat for remainder of flight




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In a tragic case, a mother of two died “in her sleep” on a flight to the UK.

According to Sky News, Helen Rhodes passed away on the plane when she was relocating to the UK after living in Hong Kong for over 15 years.

Mrs. Rhodes’s condition is said to have been discovered a few hours into the flight and she was in her seat for the remaining eight hours of the flight.

When the plane landed in Frankfurt, Mrs. Rhodes’ body was taken off while her husband Simon and young children Nathan and Emma travelled on to the UK.

A GoFundMe page has been set up to pay for the costs of bringing Mrs. Rhodes’ body home.  Her friend Jaye Jeje wrote on the page and spoke about how her friend always made time to help other people.  She described her as “clever, witty and generous with her time”, and said that while the whole community is devastated, they feel lucky to have known her.

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