A commercial flight was diverted to the Turks and Caicos this evening after a female passenger fell ill mid-flight.
At 6:12 pm, the Police Control Room received a call from the Air Traffic Control Tower requesting medical assistance for a 41-year-old female, who at the time was receiving Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
The flight was en route from the Dominican Republic to Charlotte, USA.
A medical team, along with police units, were dispatched, and the patient was transported to Cheshire Hall Medical Centre, where she died.
A post-mortem will be conducted to ascertain the cause of death.