A 70 year old Belgian tourist arriving from Brussels on Monday evening, died after feeling unwell and suffering a cardiac arrest near the airport's arrival gate.
According to Portuguese Tv channel TVI, the woman travelled alone on a Transavia flight to Faro, and was initially assisted by the airport's medical emergency teams and a resuscitation vehicle from INEM. However, it was not possible to "reverse her condition of cardiorespiratory arrest, even after several attempts at resuscitation."
The woman's death was declared at 6:50pm, and PSP contacted the Public Prosecutor's Office, as the death occurred in a public place and the cause was undetermined. It was only around 10:00 pm that the order was given for the body to be removed from the location.
