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An Indiana mother of two was flying home from a week-long couples’ vacation in the Dominican Republic Feb. 28 when she suddenly died on the plane, according to her friend.
The American Airlines flight was headed from Punta Cana toward Charlotte when Stefanie Smith, 41, began convulsing soon after takeoff, forcing the plane to divert to Turks and Caicos, Smith’s friend, Maria Yannotti, told Fox News Digital.
“Her boyfriend had told us that they were getting ready to … get altitude, or they hadn’t been in the air very long. But he said that he looked over at her, and her head was tilted back in her seat. Her eyes were rolled in the back of her head, and he thought she was just making fun of them. They normally joke around … like that,” said Yannotti, who was on the trip to Punta Cana with her fiancé, Smith and Smith’s boyfriend.
“And he said, ‘Next thing you know, she was convulsing,’” Yannotti added.
Autopsy results for Stefanie Smith have yet to be released. (Facebook)
“I mean, he was sitting right there beside her. She took her last breath not knowing that was probably going to be her last breath,” Yannotti said.
Autopsy and toxicology results have yet to be released. Fox News Digital has reached out to the owner of the resort where Smith and Yannotti were staying and the State Department.
