An easyJet trainee pilot, Oriana Pepper died, after she developed an infection by a mosquito bite.
Oriana Pepper was just 21-years old and was training to become a pilot when she developed a serious infection from a mosquito bite, which “spread to her brain,” according to the Daily Mail.
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The Suffolk born and bred aspiring pilot was apparently bitten on her forehead near her right eye in Antwerp and from then onwards things started to get worse.
It soon “appeared swollen and infected,” as per reports.
She was then taken to an accident and emergency department on 7 July 2021.
And was prescribed antibiotics.
But two days later her boyfriend James Hall said he took her back to the hospital, after she had collapsed.
And sadly died in hospital on July 12, 2021.
According to reports, Oriana’s cause of death was because of a “septic emboli in the brain,” in which blood vessels are blocked.
Suffolk’s senior coroner Nigel Parsley said Pepper died “as a result of a serious infection caused by an insect bite to the forehead.”
The coroner further added that the bite of the insect had “gone into the carotid artery of the neck,” which had caused the blockage.
And in a statement released by her father during the investigation, he said that Oriana “loved nothing better than to go flying”
And even explained how she described flying as “having an office in the sky amongst the clouds.”
But that’s not all, the enthusiastic pilot had personal life in check too…
“She had met someone she loved, she was training to be a commercial pilot and was fulfilling her dreams,” her father added.
After the small inquest her mother told the Daily Mail that they had “set up a small scholarship to encourage other women pilots” to enter the profession.
‘That’s a positive thing from her life,’ she added.