Man 'chokes to death eating Jetstar meal'

true lilly Sun Sep 04, 2011 9:54 am

Man 'chokes to death eating Jetstar meal'
From correspondents in Wellington
From: news.com.au
September 04, 2011 7:56AM
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A 31-year-old man has choked and died
while eating an airline meal on a Jetstar flight,
reports said today.

Robert Rippingale had been eating a beef dinner
while watching a movie when his girlfriend noticed him shaking,
the New Zealand Herald reports.

"I thought he was laughing very hard, then I looked at his face and his
eyes were rolling and he couldn't talk," Vanessa Preechakul, 27, said.

"His lips were turning purple. One minute we were sitting next to each other
kissing, holding hands and the next minute he was choking."

He was pronounced dead
90 minutes into the 11-hour flight
from Singapore to Auckland.

Jetstar spokesman Andrew McGinnes said
the cause of death was unknown
and an inquest would be held.
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