Flight attendant, 24, dies after plunging from balcony in holiday hotspot: Police ‘not ruling out foul play’
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A flight attendant has died after falling from a third-floor balcony in Vienna, Austria.
Aurora Maniscalco, 24, had been at her home with her boyfriend before she plunged 33ft to the ground on June 21.
Her 27-year-old partner called the emergency services, but she succumbed to her injuries in hospital two days later, according to reports.
Police haven’t ruled out the possibility of foul play as the investigation into the young woman’s untimely passing continues.
Aurora, from Palermo, Italy, worked for Lauda Europe, a Maltese low-cost airline that operates on behalf of parent company Ryanair.
The authorities said her partner, also from Palermo, is a flight attendant for another airline.
Investigators are checking Aurora’s phone and devices to piece together the circumstances leading up to her fatal fall.
They are also awaiting the results of an autopsy that was requested by her grieving family.
A flight attendant plunged 33 ft to her death after falling from the third-floor balcony of her property in Vienna, Austria
Aurora Maniscalco, 24, had been at her home with her boyfriend on June 21 when the tragedy unfolded
Their lawyer, Alberto Raffadale, said: ‘We have filed two complaints, one with the prosecutor’s office in Vienna and one with the Palermo prosecutor’s office.’
It comes after a British Airways flight attendant was found dead in his hotel room during an American stopover.
Irfan Ali Mirza, 45, landed in San Francisco from London Heathrow airport in April and had a two-day layover before the return flight.
However, he failed to report for duty after staying at the crew hotel, sparking concern from his colleagues.
After failing to raise him on the phone, hotel managers unlocked the room, where they found Mirza, from London, dead in his bed.
The San Francisco Office of the Chief Medical Examiner confirmed his identity to the Daily Mail – as his family mourned him on social media.
Her partner, 27, called the emergency services, but she succumbed to her injuries in hospital two days later, according to reports
Investigators are checking Aurora’s phone and devices to piece together the circumstances leading up to her fatal fall
Police said the responding officers’ investigation of the scene ‘did not discover any evidence of foul play’ and the body was taken by the medical examiner.
The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner refused to provide any more information, including cause of death or if it still had possession of Mirza’s body.
Mirza was mourned online by his family and dozens of shocked colleagues who worked with him during his more than 20-year career in the skies.
His brother Kamran Mirza thanked his brother’s colleagues for their outpouring of support, and asked they keep his family in their prayers.
‘Cannot express how hard it is that Irfan left his parents, us three siblings and his wife and three young children behind. It’s totally heartbreaking,’ he wrote.
