Man tried to save plane heart attack victim

A backpacker rushed to perform CPR for 30 minutes on a passenger who had a fatal heart attack aboard the Singapore Airlines flight hit by severe turbulence.

Toby Pearl, from Abergavenny, was journeying from London Heathrow to Singapore with his friend Liam James-Morris when their plane made an emergency landing on Tuesday.

Despite being injured himself, 21-year-old healthcare worker Mr Pearl rushed to help Geoff Kitchen, 73.

"Without really thinking, I jumped out of the seat and over the aisle," he said.