BB: definitely agree with you; considerations change after the "final breath" has been taken by a fellow human being.
But "The Peninsula" newspaper states:
"He reportedly suffered a heart attack roughly an hour after the flight had left Manila, and had had a light breakfast a little after take-off."
roughly 1hr into the flight from Manila to Doha you're roughly 250 NM east of Da Nang (Vietnam), thus 500NM west of the departure aerodrome Manila.
Distances:
Da Nang - Ho-Chi-Minh-City : 326NM
Da Nang - Hanoi : 328NM
Da Nang - Bangkok : 457NM
Da Nang - Hong Kong : 509NM
Da Nang - Kuala Lumpur : 866NM
May I assume that the F/O was heading for SGN in order to get medical care for his colleague and that he only continued to KUL because it was too late and operational considerations were again of higher priority?
I really hope that the QR culture of fear didn't stop the F/O from taking decisions without consulting the company! Never forget: after a heart attack, every minute counts!
Last edited by a330flyer; 17th Oct 2010 at 14:39.
Reason: initially put SM iso NM