Ryanair to upgrade first-aid kits after death

RYANAIR chief Michael O’Leary has said he would be willing to carry extra medical equipment on flights following complaints from a doctor and two nurses who lacked basic aids to try to save the life of an Italian au pair after she collapsed mid-air.

The plane’s first-aid kit complied with regulations, but three medics among the passengers said they were horrified to discover there was no equipment to help them try to resuscitate the young woman.

The 25-year-old was pronounced dead by doctors on the ground after the aircraft, which was flying from Venice to Dublin last Friday morning, made an emergency landing in Belgium.