Fiji rugby team step in to help flight crew

Members of the Fiji team jumped up to help after the Virgin Australia flight attendants became busy dealing with a critically ill passenger. Photo / Ryan Fee

Faced with a critically ill passenger on a jet, rugby players from the Fiji national side sprang into action.

As the team's doctor and coach rushed to help the sick woman, the players left their seats to relieve the flight attendants and serve food to fellow passengers.

the players left their seats to serve food. Photo / Ryan Fee

The teammates then collected the trays from the entire plane and carried around rubbish bags to clean up.

Passenger Ryan Fee said the flight attendants on the Virgin Australia flight from Nadi to Brisbane were 'a bit stressed out' until the Fijian team offered to help. One of the players even held the woman's oxygen mask on her face for more than an hour, including while the plane landed.

One of the players held the woman's oxygen mask on her face for more than an hour. Photo / Ryan Fee

Mr Fee, from Brisbane, who was returning from his honeymoon, said the Fijians were "completely selfless".

He told Mailonline that although they were all 6ft 5in (1.95m) tall and weighed around 24 stone (152kg), the team are "big teddy bears and would do anything for you".

"It was the complete personification of the Fijian people. It was just beautiful," he said.

The team also helped with the cleanup. Photo / Ryan Fee

- Daily Mail