A flight attendant has died after falling from a third-floor balcony at her property in Vienna, Austria.
Aurora Maniscalco, 24, had been at her home with her boyfriend before she plunged 33ft to the ground on June 21.
Her 27-year-old partner called the emergency services, but she succumbed to her injuries in hospital two days later, according to reports.
Police haven’t ruled out the possibility of foul play as the investigation into the young woman’s untimely passing continues.
Aurora, from Palermo, Italy, worked for Lauda Europe, a Maltese low-cost airline that operates on behalf of parent company Ryanair.
The authorities said her partner, also from Palermo, is a flight attendant for another airline.
Investigators are checking Aurora’s phone and devices to piece together the circumstances leading up to her fatal fall.
They are also awaiting the results of an autopsy that was requested by her grieving family.
Their lawyer, Alberto Raffadale, said: ‘We have filed two complaints, one with the prosecutor’s office in Vienna and one with the Palermo prosecutor’s office.’
A flight attendant plunged 33 ft to her death after falling from the third-floor balcony of her property in Vienna, Austria
Aurora Maniscalco, 24, had been at her home with her boyfriend on June 21 when the tragedy unfolded
It comes after a British man fell from a balcony in a ‘horrific freak accident’ while on holiday in the south of Spain last month.
Harry Watts, from Hessle, was placed in an induced coma after suffering ‘life-threatening injuries’ including a bleed on the brain, severe internal damage and multiple broken bones.
Although Mr Watts has already had a few major surgeries, he has ‘a lot more ahead of him before he’s out of it all’, his close friend said.
Luke Coupland, who is raising funds for Mr Watts ‘future needs’ by running a marathon, said the young man’s family ‘have dropped everything and rushed out there to be by his side as their world fell apart’.
He added: ‘They haven’t left the hospital. They’re sitting there, day and night hoping and praying for Harry’s health, as we all are.’
Heartbroken loved ones flocked to share their condolences.
Her partner, 27, called the emergency services, but she succumbed to her injuries in hospital two days later, according to reports
Investigators are checking Aurora’s phone and devices to piece together the circumstances leading up to her fatal fall
Paris Hawley wrote ‘we love you Harry and can’t wait for you to come home safe’.
Lisa Lee added ‘in shock. Thinking of all the Watts family. Sending love from the Lee Family’.
Carla Gibson said: ‘Just heard in our local fruit shop. Can’t imagine what you are going through, my oldest lad is 20 years old. Sending best wishes and healing thoughts. Hope he’s picking up really soon.’
Jack Donkin posted ‘all the best Harry. Pull through kiddo’.
The announcement came only days after an unnamed tourist was rushed to the Costa del Sol Hospital in a ‘critical condition’ after plunging from the Hard Rock Hotel in Puerto Banus near Marbella.
The holidaymaker was then transferred to the Regional University Hospital of Malaga after 5am on Sunday, when the incident took place.
Witnesses say the unnamed tourist fell from a first-floor balcony although it is said to have been the equivalent of a third-floor fall because of the area the hotel is built in.
Police have not yet made any official comment but are not thought to be treating the incident as a case of so-called ‘balconing’, where tourists try to leap into their hotel holiday pools from their rooms or jump between balconies.
Another three British friends who were with the injured man, who is described as young but whose age has not yet been made public, have been questioned by police as part of an ongoing investigation.
