Manpreet Kaur was on her way to visit family in India when she died on a Qantas flight before it took off in Melbourne.She is being remembered as "a warm and friendly person with high family values".
Mithu Singh, Kaur's paternal uncle, said her family were now preparing papers to travel to Melbourne for Kaur's funeral. Kaur had been living in Melbourne since 2020 as an international student and Singh said she was looking forward to a brighter future in Australia. "After recovering from COVID, Manpreet suffered from some respiratory-related health issues and had difficulty in talking to us over the phone," he said.The Australian government is unable to send Kaur's body back to her homeland as the coroner is still investigating the cause of the illness that led to her death."At this time of grief, we are running around to get our paperwork done as the Australian government has refused to send the body back home," Singh said.