- He was on a airplane operated by Chilean airline LATAM en path to Punta Arenas
A person described as a British vacationer has died on a flight from the Falkland Islands to Chile.
The 59-year-old was on a airplane heading to the southern Chilean metropolis of Punta Arenas together with his spouse operated by Chilean airline LATAM.
The drama occurred yesterday earlier than the plane landed. The lifeless man and his associate have been going to take a second flight to nation capital Santiago de Chile.
Chilean police from a murder unit met the airplane when it arrived at Carlos Ibanez del Campo Airport.
Diego Díaz, Deputy Commissioner of the specialist unit based mostly in Punta Arenas, informed native press: ‘On Saturday on the directions of native prosecutors, detectives from the Punta Arenas Homicide Brigade went to Carlos Ibanez del Campo Airport after a British vacationer aged 59 died inside a airplane whereas it was travelling from the Falkland Islands to Punta Arenas earlier than his connecting flight to Santiago.’
The 59-year-old was on a airplane heading to the southern Chilean metropolis of Punta Arenas together with his spouse operated by Chilean airline LATAM (file picture)
Confirming officers had found nothing to recommend his loss of life had been the results of a crime, he added: ‘The man’s spouse was interviewed and mentioned he had a number of underlying well being points.’
A autopsy as a result of happen as we speak or tomorrow is anticipated to verify he died of pure causes.
The whereabout of the unnamed man’s spouse as we speak was not instantly clear.