The man lost a lot of blood, some of which was splattered on the walls of the plane. (representative picture)

A 63-year-old man died after “liters of blood” spurted from his mouth and nose on a Lufthansa flight from Thailand to Germany on Thursday.according to new york postThe German man, whose name has not been revealed, died in front of his wife shortly before midnight after boarding a flight to Munich. A passenger on the same flight recalled being seen boarding the plane in Bangkok visibly ill, “sweating in cold sweats” and “breathing too fast.”

“It was absolutely terrifying, everyone was screaming,” Karin Missfelder, who was also on the plane, reportedly said. postal. She recalled that the 63-year-old had been “sweating in cold sweats” and “breathing too fast” before his fellow passengers rushed to his aid, taking his pulse and offering him tea. The passenger said the man was bleeding profusely and the plane’s walls were covered in red splotches.

For about half an hour, flight attendants tried to perform CPR on the man, but Misfield said it became clear the man could not be saved. When he finally calmed down and the captain pronounced the man dead, “there was a dead silence on the ship,” she said.

according to subwayAfter the incident, the man’s body was carried into the cabin when the plane turned around and returned to Thailand. Ms Misfield said the “worst thing” was that the man’s wife had to go through customs alone. “She stood there alone, aloof, having to endure all the formalities,” she added.

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Ms Misfield also said she regretted not trying to help as much as she could. “I should have intervened, but I saw a doctor taking care of him, so I didn’t want to intervene,” she said, noting that “the man looked bad and I didn’t understand why the captain wanted to take off.”

in a statement postalA Lufthansa spokesman confirmed the incident. A spokesman said: “Despite the immediate and comprehensive first aid measures taken by the crew and the onboard doctor, the passenger died during the flight.” They added: “Our thoughts are with the family of the deceased passenger. Our thoughts are with We regret any inconvenience caused to passengers on this flight.”

Meanwhile, flight data showed that the flight left Bangkok at 11:50 pm on Thursday and returned to Thailand at 8:28 am on Friday. Passengers reportedly said they waited for two hours without any guidance from the airline before finally booking another flight to Germany with a stopover in Hong Kong.