ITA Airways said, “Our colleague, Gabriella Cario, was off duty when she died last Saturday in Reggio Calabria. She was returning home as a passenger and died on the plane before the flight from Reggio Calabria to Rome took off.”

A flight attendant and mom of three died in front of horrified passengers on board a domestic flight in Italy — after she initially decided against medical help because she wanted to get back to her family.

A flight attendant suddenly passed away within minutes of boarding a plane at Reggio Calabria Airport, located southeast of Naples, Italy, over the weekend. According to The Mirror, the flight attendant,

Gabriella Cario was already feeling unwell as she waited at the boarding gate on Saturday (September 14) afternoon - but she was keen to get home to her family.

A mother-of-three and flight attendant died in front of horrified passengers as they boarded a plane. A mother-of-three and flight attendant died in front of horrified passengers as they boarded a plane.

ITA Airways flight attendant Gabriella Cario was on the flight from Reggio Calabria Airport as a passenger when she collapsed

She greeted passengers boarding the plane, and moments later, she died before their eyes. The 57-year-old flight attendant from Italy, Gabriella Cario, passed away on the aircraft before it had a chance to take off.