Man chokes to death on flight

By Abby Gillies

5:30 AM Sunday Sep 4, 2011

A woman watched in horror as her boyfriend choked and died while he ate a Jetstar in-flight meal.

She has told how she sat next to his body for the remainder of the 11-hour trip from Singapore to Auckland this week.

Robert Rippingale, 31, was pronounced dead by an onboard doctor 90 minutes into the flight.

Ahead of the Aucklander's funeral yesterday, his girlfriend, Vanessa Preechakul, said she was struggling to come to terms with the death of her "outgoing and generous" partner.

Full article at: NZ Herald

Edited September 4, 201114 yr by Atmos

Shocking, and my thoughts are with his girlfriend and family, but as this is not really Thai-related despite his girlfriend's name,

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