The skies are often considered a bridge between the far corners of the world, a place where joyous reunions and exciting adventures begin.

However, for one young woman, a journey through these skies turned into a heartbreaking final voyage.

The tragic death of Manpreet Kaur, a 24-year-old student with aspirations of becoming a chef, has left a community in mourning and raised questions about the unforeseen risks of air travel.

Manpreet Kaur, a young woman from Melbourne, eagerly anticipated her 20 June flight on Qantas from Melbourne to Delhi.

The trip was meant to end her four-year separation from her family, a reunion she had long awaited and deeply yearned for.

Tragically, she never made it to her destination.

Manpreet Kaur was about to visit her family when she had a tragic death. Credit: Shutterstock

According to a close friend, Manpreet ‘felt unwell’ in the hours before her flight but managed to board the plane without incident.

The situation took a sudden and devastating turn when, in the process of fastening her seatbelt, Manpreet collapsed to the floor.

Despite being at the gate and having immediate assistance from cabin crew and emergency services, she was pronounced dead at the scene.

Gurdip Grewal, a friend of Manpreet, recounted the harrowing moments, saying, 'When she got on the plane, she was struggling to put her seatbelt on. Just before her flight started, she fell in front of her seat and died on the spot.'

The cause of death is understood to be tuberculosis, a serious infectious disease primarily affecting the lungs, though this has not been officially confirmed.

Manpreet's story is one of dreams and determination. While studying cookery, she worked at Australia Post, nurturing her passion for culinary arts with the hope of one day donning the chef's hat.

Described by her roommate, Kuldeep, as 'kind and honest’, Manpreet was also known for her love of exploring Victoria with her friends.

Her journey to India was not just a homecoming but a chance to reconnect with her roots and the family she had not seen since her move to Australia in March 2020.

A GoFundMe page was set up to support her grieving family.

'Our dear friend Manpreet left us too soon, leaving a void in our lives that can never be filled,’ the page read.

As we grieve her passing, we want to come together to honour her memory and support her family in their time of need.’

‘As we say our final goodbyes, every contribution, big or small, brings us closer to our goal. Your support means the world to us and Manpreet’s family.’

A Qantas spokesperson has extended their condolences, stating, 'Our thoughts are with her family and loved ones.'

Key Takeaways

• A young woman named Manpreet Kaur tragically died on a Qantas international flight from Melbourne to Delhi.
• Before boarding the flight, the 24-year-old student reportedly felt unwell but did not expect it to be serious.
• Ms Kaur likely died of tuberculosis; she collapsed and passed away before the flight departed from the gate.
• A GoFundMe page has been established to support Ms Kaur's family, while Qantas has expressed condolences to her loved ones.

Our thoughts and prayers go to the bereaved family of Manpreet Kaur.

May she rest in peace.

 

[Scaveola]

There are resistant strains of TB which arose as mutations in the HIV population. it is still rare in Australis, but common in Papua New Guinea, close to Qld.

 

[Lisa]

My question here is why didn't she see a doctor? If she has TB as reported she has put so many at risk...why??

 

[Lisa]

I bet my bottom dollar that the TB story is a load of BS to cover up something they would like to hide! We all know what that is.

I'll bet that is the stupidest statement ever!! What a conspiracy theorist you are!

 

[Rob44]

They are bringing in these diseases that were stamped out.....

Sort of like Covid-19 got into the island of Australia? What you say definitely supports the old notion of 40 days quarantine on entry to Australia if the person is coming from a country where the illness has not been controlled by good health measures including vaccination..

 

[Rob44]

There are resistant strains of TB which arose as mutations in the HIV population. it is still rare in Australis, but common in Papua New Guinea, close to Qld.

PNG; yes, I recall the queue of people sitting outside the X-ray facility in POM General hospital awaiting an x-ray to see how their TB was doing, and a member of my staff coughing around the office until I asked about her symptoms and then told her to get an X-ray to check and not to come back to work until the beast had cleared as best it might. Plenty of Australians move between PNG and our east coast airports for work contracts in PNG and with not a skerrick of concern from Border Farce/Quarantine services.

Thinking on it; Australian Quarantine is slack, considering that Typhoid and Cholera are endemic in PNG, although one might notice one's Cholera fairly rapidly. And there are vaccines for both, as there is for TB.

 

[DLHM]

Sort of like Covid-19 got into the island of Australia? What you say definitely supports the old notion of 40 days quarantine on entry to Australia if the person is coming from a country where the illness has not been controlled by good health measures including vaccination..

But who pays for the costs of keeping prospective entrants in quarantine? Just asking, because I don’t know. Hopefully, the costs would be the responsibility of the intended entrants.

 

[Daibhin]

Surely she must have had symptoms, I am old enough to remember how many died of TB, I have since met relatives in UK who had TB in their youth. I remember the sanitorium in the Blue Mountains in the 1950s. It is a very contagious disease. I hope they check people around her if it proves to be TB.

When I was two or so I contracted TB of the lungs though we didn't know at the time. When the schools did xrays and and the skin tests on all fourteen year-olds it was discovered that I had a calcified spot and scarring on one lung-my mother was totally shocked but it explained the two year illness-the skin test proved my body had built up great resistance to the disease. I had to have xrays for several years as a check. When I ame to Australia, although my mefical records showed I had been checked for years, I still had to have an xray for a number of years and the skin test, which showed my body had built up even more resistance. I know the children who should no immunity were given a vaccine, which I did not get, understandably.
It had become quite rare in UK though I have seen that cases are on the way up. Hopefully the government will begin screenings again with school children.

 

[Lisa]

QUESTION: Why was she loose in the community with such a contagious disease ,especially as she seemed to have been at its very late stages for her to just drop on the spot.
Although I am very sorry that she died at such a young age, I think thus case warrants investigation.
Maybe people from countries that have T.B. Should be screened on arrival and monitored for three months - like they did to NEW AUSTRALIANS IN THE SIXTEES!
Zoe.

100% agree why was she let out in the community??

 

[Lisa]

QUESTION: Why was she loose in the community with such a contagious disease ,especially as she seemed to have been at its very late stages for her to just drop on the spot.
Although I am very sorry that she died at such a young age, I think thus case warrants investigation.
Maybe people from countries that have T.B. Should be screened on arrival and monitored for three months - like they did to NEW AUSTRALIANS IN THE SIXTEES!
Zoe

Ridiculous, I thought you were both referring to Covid or vaccines. Vaccines could not cause all that. TB is unfortunately in the community - we don't generally get vaccinated for it now. No one was an anti-vaxxer until social media spread all this rubbish about Covid, done for their own profit or notoriety. I have seen patients who died of measles and know an old woman who lost twins to diphtheria, seen diphtheria in the 70s, also had friends with polio etc. My great grandmother had 11 siblings who died of childhood illnesses. Without vaccines, many of us would not be here now! Plus smallpox has been eradicated by vaccination. This girl was 24, that is a group that is not advised to have Covid vaccine now unless immunocompromised.

@ Vio Kot seriously your lack of knowledge and how vaccines have SAVED LIVES is beyond me you QUITE OBVIOUSLY HAVE NO IDEA!

 

[Lisa]

Read m

Read my reply in this thread . But did you also know TB can be caught from animals, in Australia? Fairly rare but does happen..

Exactly RARE the operative word for her to pass away means she WOULD HAVE HAD BIG SYMPTOMS and should have seen a doctor!!!

 

[Luckyus]

I remember the had some weird ideas about TB years ago.

 

[IAN3005]

The world's largest cause of death from communicable diseases, tuberculosis, had been almost stamped out in Australia. 25% of the world's TB sufferers are in India. The majority of Australians with TB are migrants. Australia's Indian population is our second largest migrant group. I am very much in favour of migration but surely there is a way to check medically migrants coming here, particularly from countries with high levels of communicable diseases. This young woman's tragic death need not go in vain. It should be a wakeup call to our government.

I rest my case..... they let these students into the country and they get up to all sorts of rorts.....

 

[Ebby]

Exactly bloody covid vaccines. TB what BS, I know of half a dozen people who were affected in someway. Plus just look at the Spotlight special on Channel 7 on Sunday about the ramifications of the vaccine. I think people are now a lot more aware.

How true and look how many people have died from the vaccines heart attacks etc.That poor man who was vaccinated and ended up paralyzed from the neck down his life ruined and he had a wife and young children.l have seen a video it alters the blood so those who haven't had it done should really think about it . l hope they stop this law about having to be forced to have the vaccines before they can get a job they have know right to control people.

 

[Annna]

I bet my bottom dollar that the TB story is a load of BS to cover up something they would like to hide! We all know what that is.

Really? Cover up what?

 

[Scaveola]

If she died suddenly she must’ve been pretty unwell before she got on the flight. I don’t one what she was doing travelling. This would most likely have to be a coroners case as it was a sudden death.

 

[Scaveola]

Exactly bloody covid vaccines. TB what BS, I know of half a dozen people who were affected in someway. Plus just look at the Spotlight special on Channel 7 on Sunday about the ramifications of the vaccine. I think people are now a lot more aware.

I notice my previous comment about this post being nonsense has been removed. Her death would have had nothing to do with Covid vaccines Neither would her having TB which she most likely had for years before Covid appeared I note this often happens on this site. There seems to be some bias here to allow wacky antivaxxer ideas to be promoted.

 

[Kevin. A.]

RIP

 

[IAN3005]

Really? Cover up what?

Covid!!!!!

 

[Ebby]

@ Vio Kot seriously your lack of knowledge and how vaccines have SAVED LIVES is beyond me you QUITE

 

[IAN3005]

We haven't felt the impact yet.......time will tell on this scam.....