Probe launched after Emirates flight attendant jumps out of plane
16 Mar 2018 20:42:44
iol.co.za
Ugandan police and the country’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) are investigating the confusing circumstances surrounding the death of a United Arab Emirates airline air hostess who plunged to her death from an aircraft at Entebbe International Airport on Wednesday.
Conjecture has surrounded what happened to Elena Vassileva, 46, a Bulgarian national who was part of the Emirates crew as flight EK730 prepared to fly to Dubai from Entebbe.
The Emirates plane had arrived in Uganda not long before on a flight from Dubai and was preparing for the return flight.
A badly injured Vassileva, suffering life-threatening injuries, was pictured crumpled and bleeding on the tarmac before she was rushed to hospital where she was declared dead on arrival.
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