- Tourist declared dead after collapse in boarding area at Reus airport
A British holidaymaker has died at a Spanish airport while waiting for a flight back to the UK.
The tourist, aged around 60, was pronounced dead after he fainted in the boarding area of Reus airport on the Costa Dorada near the east coast city of Tarragona.
Emergency services and police tried in vain to resuscitate him.
An autopsy is expected to show that he died of natural causes. Police say there are no indications of foul play.
The drama unfolded on Monday evening as the unnamed Briton prepared to board a Ryanair flight to Leeds.
The tourist, aged around 60, was pronounced dead after collapsing in the boarding area at Reus airport (file photo)
According to local reports, he returned to the UK after spending time in a hospital in Tarragona receiving treatment for undisclosed health problems.
Last October, a 61-year-old British holidaymaker died on a plane about to depart from the same airport after falling ill on a Jet2 plane bound for East Midlands Airport.
The incident led to a long delay, with the plane departing almost seven hours later than planned.
In September 2019, a 67-year-old Thomas Cook customer died upon arrival at Reus Airport.
She was helped by a German nurse who was on holiday, but died on the spot after the emergency services arrived. They tried in vain to save her with a defibrillator, but then she went into cardiac arrest.
According to local reports, she fell ill on the way to the airport and died while waiting for a rescue flight home after Thomas Cook went bankrupt.