Once, talking to a doctor who had done a lot of aeromedical repatriation work, I learned that (particularly on an international flight) it is usual not to medically confirm death until safely back on the ground. So sick pax in the care of an inflight doctor do not actually die in flight: they may be very, very, sick, (and to the non medically qualified may look dead) but they are not (in a certificatory sense) actually dead until touchdown.
Last edited by Hawk; 10th Mar 2005 at 22:46.