Woman Dies On Delta Flight En Route To JFK

Yesterday a Delta flight bound for JFK had an in-air nightmare when a 58-year-old woman was declared dead. According to the Daily News the passenger died of natural causes, and was attended to by two doctors who happened to be on the flight. They were alerted after the passenger next to the woman was unable to get a reaction when nudging her. A Bronx local who witnessed the scene told the paper, "They tried to revive her. They brought her up to first class, next to me, to try to help her. They put something in her chest. The flight attendants told everyone to stay seated. It was scary." Allegedly protocol for an in-flight death is to cover the deceased with a white sheet until the plane lands. Creepy.

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By Jen Carlson in News on May 24, 2010 12:32 PM

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anonymouse

You poop yourself when you die. Poor corpse. Poor passenger from the Bronx sitting in first class next to a pooh-covered corpse.

takenobs

cause of death: pulmonary embolism

katiebaker

A girl I knew in high school was on a plane when older woman a couple seats away died pretty soon after takeoff on an international flight. I always thought it mustve been kind of creepy being stuck for hours in such close quarters with the body of a stranger who had died so suddenly.

everyAframe

I wanted to write a funny comment, and then i just got sad. I can't believe we have to die. Total rip off.

Guest

Allegedly protocol for an in-flight death is to cover the deceased with a white sheet until the plane lands. Creepy.

What else should they have done? Stuff her in the beverage cart? Lock her in one of the lavatories?