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    My gf was on a flight from HNL to PHX tonight when a man died of apparent heart attack. it was about half way into the flight, and she was sitting in the row directly behind him on the aisle.

    they covered his body up with blankets and blanketed off the aisle as well.

    God bless his family....
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    Such sad news --
    Prayers and condolences to the family of the deceased.

    No mention on this yet on any of the local news sites, but I'm sure there will be something soon.
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      Originally posted by musubi View Post
      Such sad news --
      Prayers and condolences to the family of the deceased.

      No mention on this yet on any of the local news sites, but I'm sure there will be something soon.
      I called Honolulu Advertiser to tell them earlier and they told me "since the flight wasn't diverted or anything like that, it's really not major news. it's like someone dying in their house...."
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        Re: Man dies on Hawaiian Airlines flight

        My condolences to the friends and family.

        Was their a doctor or other medical professional on board?

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          Oh dear...such a sad story; for the man, the people traveling with him, the HA crew AND all the other passengers, esp. your gf, LocalMotion. I, personally, would've had a difficult time remaining in the row directly behind (or in front, for that matter) that incident.

          I wonder if the news in Phoenix covered the story. I have to disagree with the Advertiser. There tends not to be 300 (or so) 'captive' strangers surrounding a person in his/her home where there's also an easy exit for those strangers who are terribly uncomfortable in such a situation.

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            Re: Man dies on Hawaiian Airlines flight

            was there any resuscitation attempts? I though planes were equipped with defibrillators for these types of occasions. What a horrible way to go. Condolences to the family, and your GF.
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            • #7
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              Yeah they tried to resuscitate him for a long time. The sad thing was his family, two older girls I believe, were crying, but after they were sitting in a whole different row the rest of the flight. They didn't stay around him. Is that not odd?
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                Re: Man dies on Hawaiian Airlines flight

                That really sucks! I would imagine that kind of thing happens fairly often. I wonder how often people suffer strokes on an airplane, with the pressure changes and all?

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                  Originally posted by LocalMotion View Post
                  Yeah they tried to resuscitate him for a long time. The sad thing was his family, two older girls I believe, were crying, but after they were sitting in a whole different row the rest of the flight. They didn't stay around him. Is that not odd?
                  Personally I don't think it's odd as everyone handles death differently. I think, overall, our society is not terribly comfortable with death. I'll include myself in that statement altho' I would've given just about anything to have held my dad's hand during his transition.

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                    Originally posted by tutusue View Post
                    I would've given just about anything to have held my dad's hand during his transition.
                    Sue, you can take some comfort in knowing that your Dad would have wanted you to hold his hand. Fathers have a special bond with their daughters....I know.
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                      i agree, each person handles death differently. I say this now, but i would not feel particularly at east being with a dead person, especially if i didn't know the person. I couldn't say how I would react at the moment I was involved..

                      pax aircraft dont particularly have a lot of room to accomodate around someone who dies in flight. And yes, deaths do happen as often as you may expect on flights. death waits for no one. Standard procedure is to cover the body as much as possible and to perhaps try to allow 'some' privacy, space permitting, but if it's a crowded flight, not much you can do but cover the body while in a sitting position. Flights do not tend to divert due to a death, but only in live medical emergencies.

                      Larger aircraft such as 744, 777, A380, A350 etc have private crew areas above pax areas, or in built into the tail that they may use, but there may be union rules agianst doing so.. I have read that certain aircraft due have 'body areas' where a body can be cold stored in flight.


                      a little macabre below, read at your own will...

                      oh here it is "singapore airlines installs corps cupboards..."
                      or "british airways sat corpse in first class from Delhi to London..." or "First Class travellers on a British Airways transatlantic flight were horrified when they were forced to sit next to a dead body for three .." Point is, it happens.

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