A British woman died in front of her two children and husband after becoming unresponsive on a flight from Hong Kong to the UK as the mother of two was eagerly looking forward to landing in her home country after a 15-year “adventure” in the Far East.
Helen Rhodes, died within a few hours into the flight, which is typically over 13 hours as Rhodes became motionless and unresponsive, said her friend Jayne Jeje .
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Efforts were made to resuscitate her but in vain and this came as a rude shock to her husband Simon, son Nathan and daughter Emma who were travelling with her and she laid in a breathless sleep in her seat.
This was extremely traumatising to the family and what was more heart-wrenching was that for the remaining eight hours of the flight, Rhodes’ children sat next to their mother until they landed in Frankfurt.
It was like a night without end for the family members, who were devastated by her sudden death and upon landing in Germany, Helen’s body remained in Frankfurt as her husband and two children flew to the UK.
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Helen’s return to the UK and seeing family would have been the first since the coronavirus pandemic began and according to family Rhodes was bubbling with excitement over the return trip and was eager to start a new phase of her life in her home country.
She was particularly keen on meeting her ageing parents.
