A British tourist has died at Lanzarote Airport shortly after arriving on a plane from the UK. The man is said to have collapsed in the approach to the passport control area less than half an hour after leaving the Jet2 plane he had reached the island on.

The alarm was raised just before 3pm local time on Thursday but there was nothing emergency responders could do to save the life of the unnamed Brit and he was pronounced dead at the scene. Well-placed sources said he had died of natural causes, with local reports pointing to him suffering a heart attack. They ruled out any obvious link to the long queues British holidaymakers travelling to the island regularly experience trying to get through passport control, although the tragedy has given rise to a new wave of complaints about the queue problems. It was not immediately clear this morning how old the tourist was and whether he was travelling alone or with family or friends.

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