Competition to have plane named after Jacob Jenkins tops 20,000 votes

Thousands of people have voted for a plane to be named after two-year-old Jacob Jenkins, who died after choking on a grape.

The toddler had been at a restaurant in Hartlepool when the piece of fruit became lodged his throat in October. He died five days later in the Royal Victoria Infirmary.

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Now, bosses at airline company Thomson have opened a competition to name its new plane. So far Jacob has received over 20,000 votes online.