A BRIT holidaymaker who reportedly died after “overdosing on cocaine” on a flight was heading to Ibiza to get over his dad's death, other passengers have claimed.

Cabin crew and two passengers tried to save the Brit, thought to be in his 30s, and performed CPR on him.

Minutes before witnesses claim he had poured a white substance into a vodka and coke before knocking it back in front of the cabin crew.

One witness said: “He had gone to the loo several times and was acting very strangely.

“People sitting around them said they were definitely on drugs and when the attendants closed the toilets to stop them he poured everything he had left into his drink.

“He was talking about his dad having died a few days ago and that he just wanted to go to Ibiza to get over it.”

One witness, who does not want to be named, told The Sun Online how the Brit began “shaking” in his seat before crew rushed to the front of the plane with an oxygen mask and a heart-shocking defibrillator.

The witness, who is from Manchester, said the man was placed in the aisle of the plane while two “amazingly brave” female passengers performed CPR on him for around 20 minutes.

She said: “The two ladies reacted so quickly - they must have had a medical background.

“Even when the plane was landing in Toulouse – one of the women stayed with the man and kept performing CPR despite the cabin crew telling her to get back in her seat.

"We heard that the defibrillator was used on board as well. We felt really anxious - we didn’t know what was happening."

Once in Toulouse airport, the witness and her friend, both aged in their early 20s, heard other passengers talking about the tragic man allegedly overdosing on cocaine.

The woman told The Sun Online that she heard someone say the man “downed” his drugs when cabin crew became suspicious of him.

She said: “We heard that he had become paranoid that staff knew he taking drugs and that he had swallowed it all for fear of getting caught.

“I spoke to a couple who were sitting close to the man and they said he was getting up and down from his seat constantly.

“They heard he had taken coke but didn’t see him doing any drugs.”

The witness said the man who was rushed to hospital before being pronounced dead, was travelling with a girl who appeared “distressed” and was being comforted by older passengers during the mid-air ordeal.

She said the flight was delayed nearly five hours as customers waited for another plane to be flown in from Manchester.

The rest of the passengers eventually arrived in Ibiza at 1.30am this morning.

A Foreign Office spokeswoman said: “We are in contact with the French authorities following the death of a British man in Toulouse and are supporting his family at this difficult time.

Jet2 have declined to comment until a coroner’s report is released.

A spokeswoman for Manchester Airport said: “We are aware of the incident and send our deepest condolences to the family. It would be inappropriate for us to comment any further at this time.”

The airline are not responsible for the security clearance of passengers on their flights.

It is not been confirmed by authorities if the man had cocaine, or any other drug, on the flight but an investigation has been launched into his death.