Oriana Pepper, 21, from Bury St Edmunds, had a “wonderful career and life ahead of her” after passing her theory exams on the airline’s training programme. But while training in Belgium, she was bitten by a mosquito on her forehead and appeared to swell and become infected, an inquest heard. She went to A&E on 7 July 2021 and was prescribed antibiotics. But Ms Pepper was taken back to hospital two days later by her boyfriend James Hall after she collapsed and died three days later. Suffolk’s senior coroner Nigel Parsley, recording a narrative conclusion, said Ms Pepper died “as a result of severe infection caused by an insect bite on the forehead”. She told her parents: “I have never seen such a case before. “It’s just one of those things that’s just such an unfortunate tragedy for a young lady who clearly had a wonderful career and life ahead of her.” Her medical cause of death was listed as septic emboli in the brain, which is a blockage of blood vessels, with infection from a bacteria called Staphylococcus aureus and an insect bite on the forehead as well. In a statement read at the inquest, Mr Pepper said his daughter “loved nothing more than to go flying with her dad and her brother Oliver, also a trainee commercial pilot”. He said his daughter described flying as “having an office in the sky among the clouds”. He added: “She had met someone she loved, was training to be a commercial pilot and fulfilling her dreams.” Her mother told the inquest that in her daughter’s memory they had “set up a small scholarship to encourage other female pilots” to enter the profession, working with the British Women Pilots Association. “This is one positive thing from her life,” he said.

title: “Easyjet Trainee Pilot 21 Dies After Mosquito Bite Leads To Brain Infection Uk News " ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-15” author: “Lori Edwards”

Oriana Pepper, 21, from Bury St Edmunds, had a “wonderful career and life ahead of her” after passing her theory exams on the airline’s training programme. But while training in Belgium, she was bitten by a mosquito on her forehead and appeared to swell and become infected, an inquest heard. She went to A&E on 7 July 2021 and was prescribed antibiotics. But Ms Pepper was taken back to hospital two days later by her boyfriend James Hall after she collapsed and died three days later. Suffolk’s senior coroner Nigel Parsley, recording a narrative conclusion, said Ms Pepper died “as a result of severe infection caused by an insect bite on the forehead”. She told her parents: “I have never seen such a case before. “It’s just one of those things that’s just such an unfortunate tragedy for a young lady who clearly had a wonderful career and life ahead of her.” Her medical cause of death was listed as septic emboli in the brain, which is a blockage of blood vessels, with infection from a bacteria called Staphylococcus aureus and an insect bite on the forehead as well. In a statement read at the inquest, Mr Pepper said his daughter “loved nothing more than to go flying with her dad and her brother Oliver, also a trainee commercial pilot”. He said his daughter described flying as “having an office in the sky among the clouds”. He added: “She had met someone she loved, was training to be a commercial pilot and fulfilling her dreams.” Her mother told the inquest that in her daughter’s memory they had “set up a small scholarship to encourage other female pilots” to enter the profession, working with the British Women Pilots Association. “This is one positive thing from her life,” he said.