Dying while Flying

[MistakeNot]

I have never been killed in mid air. I can’t think of any way of it happening other than Damage over Time prior to this, but yes it’s my 1st time dying in mid air after 5 years.

It is not hard to get killed in mid-air. You just need to aggro some mob that has ranged attacks, and then stay in range long enough for it to kill you.
Usually it is simple to avoid dying - just fly away far enough - but if one stays in place one can get killed easily enough.