EasyJet has said its crews did "everything possible" to help a passenger before they died in the air aboard a flight to Lanzarote .

The passenger, who has not been identified, passed away on flight EJU6775 shortly after it left Nantes Loire Atlantique airport in France on Tuesday. A spokesperson for the airline confirmed in a statement that medically trained staff had tried to assist the passenger before they died.

They explained that flight crews on-board the plane "did everything possible", but despite their best efforts, the passenger tragically died. The captain is said to have deployed a distress signal before "performing a routine landing in accordance with standard procedures."

The passengers cause of death hasn't been released at this time. The spokesperson told French pu

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