Upon landing in Peoria, she was not breathing and had no pulse. Deputies, AMT Personnel, and Air National Guard Fire personnel immediately began life-saving measures.
Little Weston was emergently transported to OSF Healthcare Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria, where, despite aggressive resuscitative efforts, she was pronounced deceased at 8:05 am this morning.
"Upon landing in Peoria, she was not breathing and had no pulse," the Peoria County Coroner's Office said in a statement. The tragedy occurred on a SkyWest Airlines flight UA5121.
Forty-five minutes after departing from Joplin Regional Airport, the plane began its descent south of Peoria. According to emergency services, the aircraft was diverted to General Downing Peoria International Airport due to a medical emergency on board.
The plane landed at 7:02 a.m. on Thursday morning, just 71 minutes after takeoff. Once the aircraft touched down, emergency services began performing "life-saving measures," according to the Peoria County Sheriff's Office. The girl was already without a pulse.
She was transported to OSF Healthcare Saint Francis Medical Center seven miles away, where "despite aggressive resuscitative efforts, she was pronounced deceased at 8:05 a.m. that morning," said the Peoria County Coroner's Office in a statement.
Please keep the child's family and everyone who was involved in this traumatic experience in your thoughts and prayers.
Sydney's death is the latest in several tragedies on board a plane.
Little Weston was emergently transported to OSF Healthcare Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria, where, despite aggressive resuscitative efforts, she was pronounced deceased at 8:05 am this morning.
"Upon landing in Peoria, she was not breathing and had no pulse," the Peoria County Coroner's Office said in a statement. The tragedy occurred on a SkyWest Airlines flight UA5121.
Forty-five minutes after departing from Joplin Regional Airport, the plane began its descent south of Peoria. According to emergency services, the aircraft was diverted to General Downing Peoria International Airport due to a medical emergency on board.
The plane landed at 7:02 a.m. on Thursday morning, just 71 minutes after takeoff. Once the aircraft touched down, emergency services began performing "life-saving measures," according to the Peoria County Sheriff's Office. The girl was already without a pulse.
She was transported to OSF Healthcare Saint Francis Medical Center seven miles away, where "despite aggressive resuscitative efforts, she was pronounced deceased at 8:05 a.m. that morning," said the Peoria County Coroner's Office in a statement.
Please keep the child's family and everyone who was involved in this traumatic experience in your thoughts and prayers.
Only last week a 41-year-old man died on a Fiji Airways flight en route from Nadi, Fiji, to San Francisco. He encountered a medical emergency an hour and a half before landing. The San Mateo County Coroner's Office later identified him as Raiznal Farzad Khalik, a U.S. citizen. The cause of death was not provided.
In May this year a 73-year-old British man died of a suspected heart attack and thirty other passengers were injured when a Singapore Airlines plane hit severe turbulence 10 hours into the flight, flinging people around the cabin as the plane plunged about 6000 feet within minutes.
In February 2024, a 63-year-old German citizen died on a Lufthansa flight from Bangkok to Munich. Ninety minutes into the flight, the aircraft was forced to return to Bangkok after the passenger was pronounced dead. A nursing specialist from Switzerland, who was also on board, reportedly noticed his poor health as he was experiencing cold sweats and rapid breathing. Despite him coughing up blood and bleeding from the nose before departure, airport officials allowed the plane to take off. The death of the passenger was announced by the pilot over the speaker.
Last summer, a LATAM Airlines pilot died mid-flight after experiencing a "medical event" on a flight from Miami to Chile. The plane was diverted to Panama, where he was pronounced dead. The pilot's cause of death has not been released.
In February 2024, a 63-year-old German citizen died on a Lufthansa flight from Bangkok to Munich. Ninety minutes into the flight, the aircraft was forced to return to Bangkok after the passenger was pronounced dead. A nursing specialist from Switzerland, who was also on board, reportedly noticed his poor health as he was experiencing cold sweats and rapid breathing. Despite him coughing up blood and bleeding from the nose before departure, airport officials allowed the plane to take off. The death of the passenger was announced by the pilot over the speaker.
Last summer, a LATAM Airlines pilot died mid-flight after experiencing a "medical event" on a flight from Miami to Chile. The plane was diverted to Panama, where he was pronounced dead. The pilot's cause of death has not been released.
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