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Old 4th September 2011, 09:07 PM
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Default Man dies eating a JetStar meal

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Man 'chokes to death eating Jetstar meal'
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From: news.com.au
September 04, 2011 8:03AM

A 31-year-old man has choked and died while eating an airline meal on a Jetstar flight, reports said today.
Robert Rippingale had been eating a beef dinner while watching a movie when his girlfriend noticed him shaking, the New Zealand Herald reports.
"I thought he was laughing very hard, then I looked at his face and his eyes were rolling and he couldn't talk," Vanessa Preechakul, 27, said. "His lips were turning purple.
"One minute we were sitting next to each other kissing, holding hands and the next minute he was choking."
He was pronounced dead 90 minutes into the 11-hour flight from Singapore to Auckland.
Jetstar spokesman Andrew McGinnes said the cause of death was still unknown and the coroner would be doing a report to officially determine it.
Mr McGinnes expressed his condolences to the family and thanked the doctor and nurses who tried to save Mr Rippingale.
"This was a very difficult and sad event and our sympathies are with the passenger's family," he said.
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Old 6th September 2011, 06:37 PM
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Apparently he had a pre-existing heart condition.
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