A holidaymaker told how airline staff battled to save a former Penwortham student who fell ill on board a jumbo jet.

Sally Williams, 43, spoke to Michael Edgeley just minutes before they both flew home from Australia.

The flight was forced to make an emergency stop in Mumbai, India, after Michael, 22, became ill. He died in an ambulance on the way to hospital.

Sally, from Suffolk, who had been visiting family in New Zealand, said: "There was someone in the toilet for ages and people were complaining.

"One of the crew went to check what was happening. He must have said he was poorly.

"They called for a doctor and took him to the back. When I got my connecting flight from Mumbai, I asked the cabin crew what had happened. When they told me he had passed away, I had tears in my eyes.

"Michael seemed really happy to be going home.