Flight in China diverted after man found dead in aircraft toilet
- Fuzhou-Chengdu flight landed at Changsha Huanghua airport after suspected suicide on board
- Witness reports seeing attendants and special police trying to get a response from passenger in lavatory before attempted rescue
An aircraft in China made an emergency landing this week after a man was found dead in the toilet.
The man was suspected to have died by suicide in the aircraft lavatory, the report said.
He was taken to Changsha No 8 Hospital near the airport where he was pronounced dead.
A passenger told the website the incident happened soon after the plane reached cruising altitude.
“In around half an hour, our plane dropped 10,500 metres (34,500 feet) at fast speed before landing at the Changsha airport,” he was quoted as saying. Almost all flight attendants were mobilised to deal with the emergency and passengers with medical training also joined the attempted rescue.
Some passengers praised the crew members on social media for their “swift and cool-minded action in handling this emergency”.