Cambridge student dies after reportedly falling out of plane on study trip to Madagascar

Alana Cutland. Credit: FCO

A Cambridge University student from Milton Keynes has died after she reportedly fell out of a plane while on a study trip to Madagascar.

The Foreign Office have confirmed Alana Cutland, 19, died while on an internship in Madagascar earlier this month.

It's being reported that she fell from a Cessna-style light aircraft shortly after take-off.

In a statement released through the FO, the family said:

Robinson College said it was shocked by Alana Cutland's death. Credit: PA

A statement has also been issued by Robson College, Cambridge University where Alana was studying..

Ms Cutland was involved in the yoga and mindfulness society at the college, according to its website.

The internship is understood to have been undertaken privately and was not a University of Cambridge study trip.