A British traveller named Geoffrey Kitchen, 73, has died on a flight from London to Singapore that was struck by severe turbulence, according to reports in several newspapers. The Guardian showed an alarming photograph of oxygen masks hanging down from the plane’s ceiling, and stated that Mr Kitchen, believed to be from Gloucestershire, may have had a heart attack. Seven passengers were taken to hospital with critical injuries, including one who suffered a broken neck. Passengers who were not wearing seatbelts were thrown against the ceiling. The newspaper also reported that new Diabetes UK figures indicate that the number of under-40s diagnosed with type-two diabetes in the UK has risen by 39% in six years.
The Daily Express features a photograph of passengers on the flight and an injured stewardess on its front page. Passenger Dzafan Azmir stated that some people hit their heads on the baggage cabin overhead and broke through the areas where the lights and masks are found. Dame Esther Rantzen is also pictured with her late husband and calls for assisted dying laws to be changed, as politicians in the UK dependency of Jersey debate whether or not such laws should be established there.
The Mirror considers the incident to be “Terror in the sky” and reports that the jet dropped 6,000ft before Mr Kitchen’s death. It includes pictures of passengers amid panels falling from the ceiling. The Manchester United midfielder, 19-year-old Kobbie Mainoo, who has been chosen for the provisional 33-man England squad for Euro 2024, is also featured.
The Times reports that an internal National Police Chiefs’ Council document advises chief constables to halt some arrests and suspend operations that would lead to a large number of arrests due to a lack of space in England and Wales prisons. The paper also covers the private memo of a cabinet minister urging the Prime Minister’s office to cease trying to placate Chancellor Rishi Sunak and instead give more airtime to popular colleagues such as Kemi Badenoch and Penny Mordaunt. The i newspaper leads with the death of ex-Royal Marine Matthew Trickett, who had been charged with spying on Hong Kong activists in the UK before his death.
Finally, the Daily Star uses a rat dressed up as a prisoner to illustrate its story on how body lice may have been a more efficient way of transmitting the plague bacteria rather than rats alone. The article cites a study that suggests the rodents may have played a greater role in past outbreaks of the plague
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