BA B777 emergency(?) landing at ATH 29/6/2006
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Re BA, good job! Have had two too.. ( no, not careless 
) Not everyone will accept a body, not this side of the sahara anyway far as I know. Also repatriation of said body an issue depending on who operates there. Would say either departure point or destination appropriate unless sure of your reception. People do just keel over... pilots too, and dead is dead, doctor or not! For a deteriorating condition then a diversion of course, though again I'd be aware that an adequate a/port doesn't necessarily mean adequate medical care. How well do operators check their en route alternates for actual facilities rather than those listed? On that note, for those of us in this bit of the world, any contacts/info on medilink and how they operate? Must admit never heard of them, but sounds hugely usefull.
) Not everyone will accept a body, not this side of the sahara anyway far as I know. Also repatriation of said body an issue depending on who operates there. Would say either departure point or destination appropriate unless sure of your reception. People do just keel over... pilots too, and dead is dead, doctor or not! For a deteriorating condition then a diversion of course, though again I'd be aware that an adequate a/port doesn't necessarily mean adequate medical care. How well do operators check their en route alternates for actual facilities rather than those listed? On that note, for those of us in this bit of the world, any contacts/info on medilink and how they operate? Must admit never heard of them, but sounds hugely usefull.
I'd be aware that an adequate a/port doesn't necessarily mean adequate medical care
The company is called MedAire and the people we communicate with in flight are based at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center, Phoenix AZ.
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Just a quick question for you guys. I've read on several threads that if somebody dies during a flight they are left in their seat and made to look as if they are asleep (pull blanket up to face, etc). But when a person dies all their sphincter muscles relax and waste from their bodies will leak out. Does this cause much of a problem, especially on a long haul flight? Surely the surrounding passengers will notice an unpleasent smell after a while.
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Originally Posted by Irishboy
Just a quick question for you guys. I've read on several threads that if somebody dies during a flight they are left in their seat and made to look as if they are asleep (pull blanket up to face, etc). But when a person dies all their sphincter muscles relax and waste from their bodies will leak out. Does this cause much of a problem, especially on a long haul flight? Surely the surrounding passengers will notice an unpleasent smell after a while.
