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Jeff
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Unacceptable! This is EXACTLY the kind of thing I'm looking to avoid by flying first class.
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if someone has a medical emergency - I think dying would qualify - they wouldn't put in at the nearest airport to see if anything could be done, rather than flyaing another 8 hours to the original destination? With a corpse in the passenger cabins? What do they do, take a poll of the passengers on board? Shall we land or keep going?
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I'll take Blue Ice hitting my house any day over that alternative
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Funny, no one has thought to mention how the poor daughter must have been feeling at this time. Although it's not a plesant thought to wake up next to a deceased person, and perhaps the airline might have done a little more to keep the other passengers at ease, it seems that they did whet they thought was best to comfort the daughter. There was also no mention of just where the plane was in the air( over land, water, etc) or if any other airport would allow them to land with a corpse on board.
Just my two cents.From the "deep south" part of Canada
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I've been on at least two flights with medical emergencies and my wife was on one not too long ago. If someone's life is at risk, the pilots declare an emergency and get on the ground as fast as they can. If the problem can be managed and it's not a matter of life and death, they continue.if someone has a medical emergency - I think dying would qualify - they wouldn't put in at the nearest airport to see if anything could be done, rather than flyaing another 8 hours to the original destination? With a corpse in the passenger cabins? What do they do, take a poll of the passengers on board? Shall we land or keep going?
However, in the EU, airlines are now subject to significant penalties for delays and they have to compensate passengers. I'm pretty certain continuing on was purely an economic issue - the passenger was dead so there was nothing to be gained and a lot of money to lose by diverting.
BA has a great safety record but sometimes they're a bit tone deaf when it comes to passenger relations. Not too long ago they had a 747 continue flying from LAX to Heathrow after an engine failed on takeoff. British aviation regulations allowed the pilots to continue on three engines but it was not a real smart idea.
In this case, if I'd been the pilot, I would have landed at the nearest suitable airport and gotten the daughter and the corpse off the airplane.Comment
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I wonder if it was before, during or after the dinner meal. But the real question: Is a dead person still a passenger or qualify as luggage?Comment
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I think your status when you board the airplane determines that.
and there's probably a lot of paperwork if you land with fewer passengers or more baggage than when you left. So for convenience sake a dead passenger is still a passenger if they boarded live.
THIS is the REAL question:
What do you tell immigration and customs?
Is there a limit, like liquor, on how many dead bodies you can bring in the country? What if they ask about raw meats and vegeatables?Loring in Katy, TX USA
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I'm just wondering if the flight attendants brought everyone in first class a stiff drink to calm them down.
Or if they made the following announcement, "Passengers, we have a problem. Is there a mortician on board?"Last edited by germdoc; 03-20-2007, 07:22 AM.Jeff
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Sometimes first class seats have little privacy curtains that could help hide the body. Maybe they were thinking it would horrify fewer people than in the back. I really think they should have just landed, though. I think I'd be pretty disgusted if I discovered I'd been sleeping next to a corpse in first class... I think the airline is pretty much screwed either way.
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I believe flight attendants receive at least some medical training, so they are probably qualified to pronounce a person dead. Not sure when the death was discovered (the woman might have gone quietly), and if the plane was already far from airport, going back probably would make no sense.
I personally would think daughter would be the one to ask, and it was likely her decision to continue to London. If no relative on board, I'd say best action is to take body to deseased' country of residence.Comment
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right, the article doesn't mention why they continued on and if the daughter asked to continue the flight. Perhaps by the time they realized she was dead they could have crossed borders and were in flight a while. This is typical liberial media not including such details to skew a story against business. OTOH, BA said the workers did what they felt was appropiate, perhaps they didn't ask the daughter.Eric
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From today's news:
British Airways said in a statement that about 10 passengers die each year in flight and that while each situation is unique, safety is paramount.
"The deceased must not be placed in the galley or blocking aisles or exits, and there should be clear space around the deceased," the statement said. "The wishes of family or friends traveling with the deceased will always be considered, and account taken of the reactions of other passengers."
Perhaps they should have put her in a lavatory and shut the door, put a out of order sign on it.
OTOH, then that might have led to this:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/...e/4638798.htmlLoring in Katy, TX USA
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