“Everyone was screaming”: German passenger spits blood and dies in mid-flight. “It was absolute horror, everyone was screaming,” describes Karin Missfelder, according to whom the passenger lost “liters of blood” The German airline confirmed the death of the passenger to Blick, but did not wish to communicate further on the circumstances of the tragedy.

The passengers were eventually redirected to a flight via Hong Kong. The victim's wife was left all alone and had to endure all the formalities.