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An American woman died after falling ill aboard a Caribbean Airlines flight from Jamaica to Trinidad on Saturday.

The woman has been identified as 57-year-old Shirlyn Casey of New York.

According to reports, the woman fell ill and fainted aboard a Caribbean Airlines flight following its departure from Jamaica to Trinidad.

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Pilots decided to make an emergency return to the Norman Manley International Airport, where the woman was rushed to hospital.

Casey was pronounced dead at the Kingston Public Hospital.