The aspiring young chef, Manpreet Kaur, boarded the Delhi bound flight from Melbourne on June 20 apparently fell to the floor while she was struggling to put on her seatbelt and “died on the spot”.
A Qantas spokesperson said flight crew and emergency services both provided emergency medical assistance. Kaur’s friend Gurdip Grewal said Manpreet had been feeling unwell in the hours before she arrived at the airport. “When she got on the plane, she was struggling to put her seatbelt on,” the friend said.
According to the victim’s friend, her health was not good hours before arriving the airport but still managed to come there.
“When she got on the plane, she was struggling to put her seatbelt on,” her friend Gurdip Grewal told the
Herald Sun.
“Just before her flight started, she fell in front of her seat and died on the spot.”
As per Herald Sun, Kaur likely died of tuberculosis, an infectious disease that mostly affects the lungs.
Who was Manpreet Kaur?
According to the 24-years-old friend, Kaur had worked at Australia Post while studying cookery, with dreams of one day becoming a chef. Her friend also told Herald Sun that she was kind and honest person.
She, who moved to Australia in March 2020, used to love traveling with her friends around Victoria.
“She loved to travel with her friends around Victoria.”
Ms Kaur was finally returning to India to see her parents for the first time since she first moved to Australia in March 2020.
Friends and family created GofundMe page
Manpreet’s friends have raised a fundraiser for her grieving family.
“Our dear friend Manpreet left us too soon, leaving a void in our lives that can never be filled,” the page reads.
“As we grieve her passing, we want to come together to honour her memory and support her family in their time of need… As we say our final goodbyes, every contribution, big or small, brings us closer to our goal. Your support means the world to us and Manpreet’s family.”
“The fundraiser has drawn in just under $25,000 of it’s $30,000 target with more than 670 donations made in just five days. ‘Your support means so much to us and Manpreet’s family, helping them navigate through this challenging period,’ Grewal wrote.
