World | cocaine Wild Passenger Fatally Swallowed $63K of Cocaine One of 80 pellets burst in John Kennedy Santos Gurjao's stomach By Arden Dier Posted Oct 21, 2015 9:02 AM CDT Copied In this Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015 file photo, Aer Lingus planes at Dublin airport, Ireland. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison, File) Authorities now know how a passenger died during this weekend's eventful Aer Lingus flight from Lisbon to Dublin. A postmortem has determined that Brazilian John Kennedy Santos Gurjao, 24, was carrying almost 2 pounds of suspected cocaine—worth about $63,500–in 80 pellets in his stomach. Then one burst, reports the Irish Times. He was pronounced dead after the plane made an emergency stop. Authorities found another 4 pounds of white powder in the bag of a female passenger spotted with Gurjao, but the substance turned out to be baking soda. It is believed Gurjao was planning to study English in Ireland; relatives tell the Irish Mirror they thought he was still living in Brazil. Read These Next A space capsule carrying ashes of 160 people crashed in the ocean. A lesson in minding your own business ... at 30,000 feet. Trump "never heard" that "shylocks" is offensive. Beyonce leaves national anthem unfinished. Report an error