Shimon Brauer, a 25-year-old yeshiva student from London, died from an asthma attack on a British Airways flight to New York, British media reported on Wednesday.
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The plane's crew reportedly attempted to resuscitate him for over an hour but to no avail.
Brauer, a resident of Stamford Hill in North London, began feeling unwell about 45 minutes before landing in the United States. The crew tried to revive him using an oxygen mask, but his airways were blocked. According to a report on the British news site Jewishnews, the yeshiva student tried to use his inhaler, but it slipped from his grasp and he lost consciousness.
It is possible that the crew was unaware that Brauer, who was on his way to volunteer at a summer camp, was experiencing a severe asthma attack.
According to travel website vakazi.com, “Preliminary indications suggest that he may have suffered a severe asthma attack. The flight crew made every effort to revive him for an extended period of over an hour.” Many social media users expressed their condolences and offered support to his family during their difficult hour.
British Airways has not commented on the incident.