SAO PAULO, BRAZIL - A 15-YEAR-OLD Brazilian girl who was suffering flu-like symptoms died on a flight home to Sao Paulo after a group trip to Disneyland in Florida, media here reported.

The teenager, identified as Jaqueline Ruas, came down with flu symptoms just days before boarding the Copa Airlines flight in Orlando, Florida, but a check-up by US doctors excluded a swine flu infection, the state news agency Estadao said.

She complained of feeling seriously ill on the plane before losing consciousness. Two doctors on board tried in vain to revive her.

The travel agency that organized the trip, Tia Augusta Turismo, said Ruas and the 30 other people in her group left for the 12-day trip on July 19.

She started feeling ill on July 30, and was admitted to hospital, but she was released after laboratory tests showed she did not have swine flu.