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Ambrose Li

A 51-year-old cancer patient who collapsed on a Cathay Pacific Airways flight to Hong Kong from the United Kingdom was pronounced dead on Friday morning.
Flight CX216 took off from Manchester and landed at Hong Kong International Airport at 6.52am on Friday, with police receiving a report about the man’s condition at 6.16am.
The passenger, Shum Chung-lai, had suffered from pancreatic cancer since June last year. He emigrated to the UK in 2022 with his wife and two children but had to fly back to Hong Kong for consultations at Queen Mary Hospital and Gleneagles Hospital, police said.
During the flight, Shum experienced stomach discomfort, with his wife checking on him regularly throughout.
The wife found him unresponsive when she tried to wake him at 4.15am and notified cabin crew, who reported the incident. The crew administered first aid to Shum, but after 50 minutes, he still showed no signs of life.
Upon landing, a doctor from the Department of Health confirmed Shum had died.
The case is not classified as suspicious. The exact cause of death remains to be determined by a postmortem examination.
Shum and his wife were married in 2005. They moved to the UK with their 14-year-old daughter and 10-year-old son, both of whom attend school there.
Shum flew to Hong Kong regularly for business and medical consultations, and required medication for his cancer and to treat his pain.
In a reply to the South China Morning Post, a Cathay Pacific spokesman said the crew and a doctor on board had provided immediate first aid to the passenger. An ambulance was called, with paramedics boarding the aircraft once it had landed.
The airline offered its condolences to Shum’s family.


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Police receive report about passenger, a cancer patient, shortly before flight from Manchester lands in Hong Kong


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Police receive report about passenger, a cancer patient, shortly before flight from Manchester lands in Hong Kong