EasyJet explains truth after Brit family accused of 'wheeling dead relative onto flight' and telling crew she was unwell

A British family has been accused of escorting their dead relative on an easyJet flight from Málaga, Spain, to Gatwick, UK, and now the airline has set the record straight.

According to witnesses, per the Daily Mail, the 89-year-old was helped on board the jet by five of her relatives who allegedly claimed she was asleep and wasn’t feeling well.

However, just before take off, the cabin crew were reportedly told that the woman had died, leaving the passengers stranded for nearly 12 hours as their plane was delayed.

Travellers said that the woman had allegedly been ‘wheeled’ to her seat at the back of the aircraft and then ‘lifted’ by her family members, before they began to ‘talk’ to her and ‘offer her’ something to drink.

But according to easyJet, the passenger had a ‘fit to fly’ certificate and was alive when she got onto the plane, which is at odds with what people had claimed.

The flight was heading from Málaga, Spain, to Gatwick, UK (Getty Stock Images)

Passenger Petra Boddington claimed the woman had passed away, with a clip shared on social media showing her say: “EasyJet, when did you start letting dead people onto planes? Seriously!”

She continued: “I know it's not funny because somebody did actually die, but easyJet ground staff actually allowed someone that looked completely dead onto the plane and then funnily enough, just as we were about to take off, they died.”

Boddington claimed that the ‘whole flight’ was cancelled and everyone was ‘pulled off the plane’.

The disgruntled passenger added: “They wouldn't let you on if you were drunk but apparently, it's OK if you're dead and you look dead, and she really looked like she was dead, in a chair, being pushed by her family.

“Everybody that she went past went like, 'Oh my God, she looks dead', and she was dead. So, easyJet, you should be ashamed of yourselves, your ground staff were appalling today.”

However, an easyJet spokesperson has since disclosed the truth of the matter, telling LADbible that the woman was alive at the time she boarded, but was sadly pronounced dead shortly afterwards.

Easyjet said the customer was alive until after boarding the flight (Getty Stock Image)

They 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. She was permitted to fly because she had a medical ‘fit to fly’ certificate and was being supported by medical personal during her journey. It was only after boarding the customer then required medical assistance and she sadly passed away.

“The wellbeing of our passengers and crew is always easyJet's highest priority and we would ask customers for their understanding in these circumstances.”

A spokesman for the Civil Guard in Málaga confirmed they had attended the aircraft, explaining: “Officers were asked to go to the plane along with other emergency responders after an elderly British woman went into cardiac arrest on a plane at Málaga Airport.

“She was pronounced dead on the aircraft which had been due to leave Malaga for London just after 11am yesterday morning.”

The flight had been scheduled to depart from Málaga at 11.15am, landing at Gatwick at around at 1.10pm, however, it only left the airport at 10.47pm local time, and got into the UK around midnight.

It is not known what happened to the family or the deceased woman.

LADbible has contacted the Civil Guard in Málaga for further comment.