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Agence France-Presse

Police in Madagascar said villagers had found the remains of a British student who apparently jumped from a plane after opening the aircraft door in mid-air.
Nineteen-year-old Cambridge University student Alana Cutland, who was on a research trip, fell from a light aircraft shortly after it took off from an airport in remote northwestern Madagascar.
Her body was found in the Mahadrodroka forest, police said.
“Villagers have finally found Alana Cutland’s body after a fortnight of searching,” chief investigator Spinola Edvin Nomenjanahary said.
Police said she apparently jumped from the plane just a few minutes after it took off from a small airport at Anjajavy on a flight to the capital Antananarivo on July 25.
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The pilot and another passenger, named as Ruth Johnson, say they tried in vain to stop her, investigators report.
Anjajavy villagers launched a search for her body the day after the incident.
On Monday they performed a ritual called joro that involved the sacrificial slaughter of a prized zebu cow to seek help from a Malagasy god named Zanahary.

Madagascan police recreate the Alana's final moments while investigating her death.#AlanaCutland pic.twitter.com/nDB78lTBmQ
— ItsBiography (@itsbiography) July 31, 2019

They located Cutland’s remains the following day, Edvin Nomenjanahary said.
Police provided pictures to the media of a coffin being taken off a helicopter at an airport in the port city of Mahajanga.
It will be transported to the capital Antananarivo on Thursday.
Cutland’s uncle has previously said she became sick during her time in Madagascar, possibly due to prescription medication, with police investigating whether a possible reaction to an anti-malaria drug led her to open the plane door on purpose.
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The plane’s pilot said Cutland had a headache when she boarded and stayed silent during the flight.
According to investigators, Cutland had displayed erratic behaviour before the incident.
The natural sciences student was supposed to have stayed 45 days in Anjajavy to study crabs but quit after 10 days.


In a statement issued through the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the family described her as “a bright, independent young woman”.
“She was particularly excited to be embarking on the next stage of her education, on an internship in Madagascar complementing her studies in natural sciences”.
“Her thirst for discovering more of the world always ensured she made the most of every second of her action-packed young life.”
Additional reporting by The Guardian


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Body of Cambridge student Alana Cutland found in Madagascar forest, two weeks after she fell mysteriously from a plane

Cambridge University student Alana Cutland fell from an aircraft shortly after it took off from an airport in remote northwestern Madagascar. Photo: Handout

Chinese passenger pulls open escape hatch to get some fresh air while waiting on ‘stuffy’ plane

The plane’s escape slide was activated when the emergency hatch was opened. Photo: Thepaper.cn

(ATNX4 PLANE30) 25yo man detained 15 days, fined 70,000 yuan for removing plane door while waiting to get off flight from Sanya, Hainan, to Mianyang, Sichuan. "Because it wa so stuffy, so hot on the plane, I just pushed down on the window handle beside me. When the door fell out, I panicked." Photo: the paper

Boy stowaway caught after flying from China to Dubai to ‘become beggar’

A file picture of an Emirates airliner. The boy stowed away on one of the carrier’s aircraft for 9½ hours, according to the newspaper report. Photo: AFP

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Madagascar police are investigating whether 19-year-old Alana Cutland deliberately threw herself out of the plane to her death



Police in the east African island country said villagers had found the remains of British student Alana Cutland, who fell from a plane after opening the aircraft door mid-air.


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Body of Cambridge student Alana Cutland found in Madagascar forest, two weeks after she fell mysteriously from a plane

.css-1mniedq{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;} Madagascar police are investigating whether 19-year-old Alana Cutland deliberately threw herself out of the plane to her death

Madagascar police are investigating whether 19-year-old Alana Cutland deliberately threw herself out of the plane to her death