- Alana Cutland, 19, fell from plane above Madagascar ten minutes after take off
- She plunged to her death and it is now feared her body may never be recovered
- Second-year Biological Natural Sciences student was on a study trip at the time
- Cambridge University student’s family shared heartbreak following her death
A Cambridge University student has died after falling 5,000ft from a plane while on a study trip in Madagascar – with local police saying she forced the aircraft’s door open before jumping to her death.
Alana Cutland, 19, fell from the Cessna-style light aircraft while it was above the east African country, about ten minutes after take-off, earlier this month.
The second-year Biological Natural Sciences student, from Milton Keynes, was thought to be on an internship when she plunged to her death in the wild Savannah.
Police sources said the student had forced open the plane door in front of the horrified pilot and another passenger. They are launching an investigation.
It also claimed that Alana and her parents had several intense and agitated discussions on the phone in the days leading up to her death.
It is feared that her body may never be found after it landed in an area filled with carnivorous wild animals.
Alana’s family say they ‘are heartbroken at the loss of our wonderful, beautiful daughter, who lit up every room she walked in to’.
Alana was thought to be travelling back from a research trip to the remote area of Anjajavy.
She was in the country for a university research trip to complement her studies and one other passenger was in the aircraft with her, along with the pilot.
The internship is understood to have been undertaken privately and was not a Cambridge University study trip.
UK MAIL
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