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A British family were accused of wheeling their dead grandmother onto an easyJet flight, resulting in delays of nearly 12 hours. (Picture: Shutterstock \/ Abdul N Quraishi)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A British family wheeled a dead elderly passenger onto an easyJet <\/a>flight under the pretence that she was asleep, holidaymakers have claimed.<\/p>\n

A group of five relatives were seen helping their 89-year-old grandmother board the flight from Spain<\/a> to Gatwick Airport<\/a>, but witnesses say they overheard the family telling staff she was merely unwell and had fallen asleep.<\/p>\n

The plane was turned around before leaving the runway after the cabin crew were alerted that the woman had died, and the flight was delayed by 12 hours.<\/p>\n

EasyJet said the claims were unfounded and explained that the woman had a fit-to-fly certificate and was alive before boarding the flight.<\/p>\n

Concerned passengers said a clerk asked about the woman’s health<\/a> before the family tried to board, but they insisted she was ‘just tired’.<\/p>\n

The plane began taxiing to the runway, but abruptly stopped just before take-off when suspicious cabin crew realised she was dead, witnesses claimed.<\/p>\n

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Horrified holidaymakers claimed to have seen the dead elderly woman on a wheelchair and being helped to board the plane by five members of her family (Picture: Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Several passengers shared their reaction on social media<\/a>, in which they claimed to have seen the deceased woman.<\/p>\n

Passenger Petra Boddington claimed she saw the woman ‘slumped unconscious in a wheelchair’ in a video she shared on Facebook<\/a> explaining what she witnessed.<\/p>\n

‘EasyJet, when did you start letting dead people onto planes?’ she said in the video, which has more than 58,000 views.<\/p>\n

‘EasyJet ground staff actually allowed someone who looked completely dead onto the plane and then, funnily enough, just as we were about to take off, they died.’<\/p>\n

She added that the company would typically deny people from flying ‘if you were drunk, but apparently it’s okay if you’re dead and you look dead’.<\/p>\n

She claims hearing the family tell ground staff that their relative was ‘absolutely fine’<\/p>\n

‘She was not absolutely fine,’ Petra said.<\/p>\n

‘So, easyjet, you should be ashamed of yourselves. Your ground staff were awful today.’<\/p>\n

Another passenger, Tracy-Ann Kitching, expressed her anger at easyJet’s handling of the situation.<\/p>\n

In a Facebook post, she wrote: ‘easyJet \u2013 you are unbelievable! Why did you let a dead person on our flight?<\/p>\n

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Passengers onboard the flight from Malaga, Spain to Gatwick Airport were delayed by nearly 12 hours (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

‘Special assistance [the service for boarding passengers with a disability<\/a> or reduced mobility] are responsible too; they should have raised the issue.\u2019<\/p>\n

She claimed that the family brushed past her as she saw the woman get ‘wheeled into the plane’ while someone held her head.<\/p>\n

Tracy shared her sympathies for the family and praised the airline staff for reassuring concerned passengers.<\/p>\n

She said their testimonies would be used to help the co-pilot write a report on the events of the flight.<\/p>\n

It remains unknown what happened to the woman or her family members after her body was removed from the plane.<\/p>\n

Though it is believed no arrests were made.<\/p>\n

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EasyJet said the woman was alive before boarding the flight (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The flight was scheduled to leave Malaga<\/a> at 11.15am on Friday and was expected to land at 1.10pm.<\/p>\n

However, passengers were forced to wait nearly 12 hours as the flight did not depart until 10.47pm local time before landing at Gatwick at midnight.<\/p>\n

A spokesman for the Civil Guard in Malaga confirmed officers were called onto the plane because of the elderly British woman.<\/p>\n

They said: ‘She was pronounced dead on the aircraft which had been due to leave Malaga for London<\/a> just after 11am yesterday morning.<\/p>\n

‘She was permitted to fly because she had a medical \u2018fit to fly\u2019 certificate and was being supported by medical personnel during her journey.’<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for easyJet said: ‘Our thoughts are with the family and friends of the customer who sadly passed away, and we are offering support and assistance at this difficult time. <\/p>\n

‘She was permitted to fly because she had a medical “fit to fly” certificate and was being supported by medical personnel during her journey. <\/p>\n

‘It was only after boarding the customer then required medical assistance and she sadly passed away.<\/p>\n

‘The wellbeing of our passengers and crew is always easyJet’s highest priority and we would ask customers for their understanding in these circumstances.’<\/p>\n

Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@metro.co.uk<\/a>.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

For more stories like this, <\/strong>check our news page<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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