Chris Neill, 40, was flying back from holiday with his two children when he took ill on the Jet2 flight from Burgas, Bulgaria, to Liverpool John Lennon Airport

The family of a father who tragically passed away on a Jet2 flight to Liverpool John Lennon Airport is now raising funds to bring his body home after the flight was forced to land in Germany. The flight, which departed from Burgas, Bulgaria, around 1pm local time on Monday, September 16, had to make an emergency landing in Cologne, Germany, due to a passenger experiencing a suspected cardiac arrest.