A British woman believed to be among the tourists affected by the Thomas Cook collapse has died after arriving at a Spanish airport to be flown home.
The 67-year-old collapsed in the parking area at Reus International Airport near Tarragona around midday today.
She was helped by a German nurse who was on holiday, but died at the scene.
Paramedics arrived but made unsuccessful attempts to revive her with a defibrilator.
Local reports said she fell ill on her way to the airport and died while waiting to be flown home on a rescue flight organised after Thomas Cook went into administration in the early hours of Monday morning.
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The collapse left around 600,000 holidaymakers including 150,000 Brits stranded around the world.
A huge repatriation operation began on Monday and is due to last until October 6.
It was not clear on Tuesday night where the dead woman was due to fly to in the UK, and if she was travelling alone or with friends or family.
Three rescue flights were due to take off from Reus Airport for Britain today bound for Manchester, Belfast and Glasgow.
The Manchester and Belfast flights were scheduled to leave before midday with the Glasgow flight leaving at 12.50pm local time and arriving at its destination at 2.30pm.
The Costa Daurada is served by Reus Airport and includes the beach resorts of Salou and Cambrils and is close to one of Europe’s largest theme resorts PortAventura World.
It has been one of the most affected Spanish mainland areas by the Thomas Cook collapse.
A routine investigation into the British woman’s death is already underway.
A post-mortem is expected to take place tomorrow.
