A FLIGHT attendant has tragically died after suffering a heart attack in mid-air during a flight to Paris.
Yasser Saleh Al Yazidi became ill during the flight heading to Charles de Gaulle airport from Bahrain.
The pilots of the Gulf Air flight GF-19 were forced to make an emergency landing in Erbil in the Kurdistan region of Iraq.
A medical team was waiting to attend to the crew member who was immediately transported into a hospital, but he was pronounced dead upon arrival.
The director of the Erbil airport Ahmed Hoshyar told local media the plane was at 34,000 feet over Iraq when the man became ill.
The flight was grounded for four hours before passengers were able to resume their journey.
Following Yasser's death, Gulf Air said in a statement: "The national carrier expresses its deepest condolences to the crew member's family and loved ones, and confirms that the flight resumed to Paris as scheduled.
"Gulf Air reassures that the safety of its passengers and crew comes at the top of its priorities, and thanks the affected flight's passengers for their patience and understanding."
Earlier this month a man died during an EasyJet flight heading to London from Cyprus.
And previously another easy Jet flight was forced to make an emergency landing after the captain fell ill..
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