Overview
- Security at Tenerife South Airport stopped an 80-year-old man who was pushing his wife in a wheelchair after staff noticed she was unresponsive.
- An employee reported the woman had an abnormally low temperature and showed no signs of breathing, triggering emergency protocols and the arrival of Civil Guard and forensic teams.
- The husband reportedly told investigators she had died hours earlier, while employees say he tried to attribute her death to the airport, a claim now under review.
- The man was arrested and is cooperating with officers as inquiries continue, and officials have not released the date of the incident, the couple’s nationalities, or any airline details.
- Reports note parallels with a December EasyJet case involving an elderly passenger’s death, focusing attention on medical clearance and airport procedures.