AKIPRESS.COM - A Cambridge University student has died in Madagascar after falling from a plane.

The 19-year-old died while on an internship in the north-east of the African island nation earlier this month, the UK Foreign Office said.

Reports said she fell from a Cessna-style light aircraft as it flew above the savannah after she had been conducting research in the remote area of Anjajavy last Thursday.

Dr David Woodman, from Robinson College, Cambridge University, issued a statement extending “sincerest condolences” to the family of the second-year biological natural sciences student.