But one of the passengers, who was a nurse, had trouble making a flight attendant aware of the severity of the situation because of communication difficulties.
So does that actually mean the FA's were actually unaware that the passenger was actually in the toilet for an inordinate period of time & incapacitated?
But he said it was standard practice for crews to ask whether any medically-trained passengers were on board aircraft when emergencies occurred because doctors and nurses were better placed to handle such situations.
Yes its standard practice, but in this event sounds like it was the other way around. Was it the nurse who actually informed the crew that there was a problem? Then in doing so had such great difficulty due to langauge / communication issues?
Referring to the incident, Mr Buchanan told the inquiry: ''I think we were not on our best form the next day when she was disrupted out of Darwin.''
Thankyou for your comment BB about what happened the next day, care to comment as to the performance on the flight in question?
When asked what crew training has been completed as the result of this event, recalling the senate conversation. Not a lot.