“What happened was a tragic medical event,” he told the outlet, adding that the autopsy did not recommend any foul acts.
Smith was on an American Airlines flight from Punta Cana to Charlotte, North Carolina, when she suddenly began having seizures shortly after takeoff, forcing the plane to divert to the Turks and Caicos Islands, as her friend Maria Yannotti had told her in the past. Fox News. Digital.
AN AMERICAN FRIEND SENT A MESSAGE MESSAGE JUST BEFORE HE DIED ON A FLIGHT FROM THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AFTER A RESORT VACATION
Stefanie Smith, 41, on American Airlines Flight 2790 from Punta Cana to Charlotte, North Carolina, when she began having seizures and died. (Facebook/Stefanie Smith/Eric MD Bell Funeral Home
“Their boyfriend had told us that they were in a position to. . . gain altitude, or that they hadn’t been in the air for a long time. But he said he looked at her and his head was tilted back. your seat. Her eyes rolled and he thought she was just laughing at them. They usually joke. . . like that,” said Yannotti, who was on a trip to Punta Cana with her fiancé, Smith. and Smith’s boyfriend.
“And he said, ‘The next thing you know, he’s having seizures,'” Yannotti added.
FAMILY MEMBER OF INDIANA MOM WHO DIED ON AA PLANE REMAINS UNANSWERED
Stefanie Smith died in a flight house from Punta Cana, where she had been on vacation for a week. (Maria Yannotti/Cristina Perez/VWPics/Universal Images Group)
Smith’s boyfriend asked the flight attendants for help and they began CPR, but to no avail.
Police in the Turks and Caicos Islands said they won a call at 6:12 p. m. From “the air traffic tower requesting medical assistance for a 41-year-old woman, who at the time was receiving [CPR]. “Authorities dispatched a medical team and police to the scene and transported Smith to Cheshire Hall Medical Center. , where she was pronounced dead.
INDIANA’S MOTHER appeared to be compatible and healthy before she died suddenly aboard the AA flight, family and friends say.
Stefanie Smith began having seizures on the plane returning from Punta Cana. (Facebook)
Just before his plane took off, Smith texted Yannotti at 4:55 p. m. m. , asking him to remind him to call once he reached his connection in Charlotte because he had “a funny story” to tell.
Yannotti said Smith and her boyfriend joined them to celebrate Yannotti’s fiancé’s birthday.
Maria Yannotti, who says she’s known Stefanie Smith for about two years because their partners are friends, described her friend as a “ball of energy” and “party life. “(Maria Yannotti)
“Everything she had, I had,” Yannotti said. “We ate pretty much the same foods. We drank pretty much the same drinks. You know, it’s not like everyone was belligerent. We just had our wonderful drinks at the pool and beach. I mean, most of the time we were watching them open the bottles right in front of them. in front of us. We were having a great time. We were playing beach volleyball. We were swimming. “
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Yannotti, who said she’s known Smith for about two years because their partners are friends, described her friend as a “ball of energy” and “party life. “
“She’s really one of a kind. It was a ball of energy. I was in a position to help someone, excited, smiling. When I met her. . . I knew we were going to click because she had a personality just like me. “. “I was just full of life. I mean, I’d give anyone a blouse on their back. Sometimes, it happened. . . other people before her, and she enjoyed having a clever time. He liked to laugh. . . Sing karaoke. Just the life of the party. “
Smith is survived by an 18-year-old son and a 16-year-old daughter. His body is expected to be flown back to the United States next week, ABC reported.
Audrey Conklin is a virtual reporter for Fox News Digital and FOX Business. Email suggestions to audrey. conklin@fox. com or on Twitter to @audpants.