A trainee easyJet airline pilot died after she was bitten by a mosquito and developed an infection which spread to her brain, an inquest heard.
Oriana Pepper, 21, had passed her theory exams on the easyJet programme in Oxford and had gone to Belgium for her instrument ratings. While in Antwerp she was bitten by a mosquito on her forehead, by her right eye, and it appeared swollen and infected, Wednesday's hearing in Ipswich was told.
She attended a hospital's accident and emergency department on July 7, 2021 and was prescribed antibiotics. Miss Pepper was driven back to the hospital two days later by her boyfriend James Hall after she collapsed.
