Ita Airways flight, emergency stop in Zurich due to illness on board: passenger dead

Choc on board Ita Airways flight AZ325 which left Paris yesterday evening and headed to Rome Fiumicino. A passenger fell ill while the plane was flying over Switzerland: maneuvers were immediate to initiate the emergency landing in Zurich, but the woman, a 61-year-old Australian, died on the runway. This was made known by the newspaper La Repubblica which reports the story of a passenger: "Suddenly I heard heartbreaking screams on board, I think from her husband. The Ita Airways flight attendants rushed to help this poor woman in difficulty, she was sitting in row 20".

Rescue was immediate

The woman received first aid from two doctors who were on board. The crew activated emergency procedures. An ambulance and the police were waiting on the track. But there was nothing that could be done for the woman. The woman died after being transported to the ambulance on a stretcher. The plane then left for Rome Fiumicino where it landed regularly.