Chris Neill died while flying back to Liverpool with his children and his family are now trying to get his body home
An off-duty paramedic has shared what happened before a dad-of-two died while flying home with his two sons. Chris Neill was flying back to Liverpool John Lennon Airport from Burgas, Bulgaria, on Monday, September 16, when he began to suffer chest pains. The Jet2 flight was forced to make an emergency landing in Cologne, Germany, where it is believed the dad-of-two suffered a severe heart attack, with an off-duty paramedic who helped him now sharing how the incident unfolded.
'Between myself the crew and the nurse we attached the AED and started chest compressions instantly working for over 30 mins. Sadly Chris had his 19-year-old son and son's girlfriend and his eight-year-old son on the plane. I did a medical hand over on the runway to the German medical team. 'Chris Sadly passed away in hospital not so long after.
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