A loved-up plane passenger sent his partner's spirits soaring after popping the question in mid-air.

Matthew Hedges, 32, was on an easyJet flight to Majorca with his girlfriend Zosia Katnik, 30, when he drafted in the help of the cabin crew to ask for her hand in marriage.

He first sought to help his partner - a nervous flyer - to relax with a special message from the flight's captain, which he knew would put her at ease.

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