In-flight Suicide on LAX Flight
From The Sun
Man hanged on BA flight
By GRAHAM DIGGINES
A MAN hanged himself on a British Airways jet after calmly tucking into a last in-flight meal and quaffing champagne.
The middle-aged passenger strangled himself in the club class lavatories of a Los Angeles-bound Jumbo Jet which had taken off from Heathrow.
Staff raised the alarm after they realised the toilet had been locked for half an hour. And passengers looked on in horror as a doctor vainly battled to save the man’s life after cabin crew broke down the door.
The man had looped his belt over a lavatory handle to make a noose before hanging himself. A frantic call was made over the Boeing 747’s public address system to try to find a doctor among the 349 passengers.
One passenger said: “It was absolutely horrific. There was a commotion around the toilet then this poor chap was hauled out and placed on an empty seat.
“It was clear that nothing at all could be done for him. At first everyone thought he had been taken ill.
“But it was even more distressing to find out he had taken his life.”
A spokeswoman for British Airways said: “We can confirm that a male passenger died on flight BA269. We extend our sympathies to his family.”
The man is believed to have been from Switzerland, but he was not named last night.
Last edited by Sick Squid; 6th Jan 2003 at 17:25.