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Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 14:45:33 EDT
Subject: Can people fly to the US to deanimate?

The following story from Reuters  (via AOL) mentions that ten people a year 
die in flight on BA alone.  This  indicates that maybe very sick people are 
allowed to fly, which bears on whether  it is practical to fly to the US to 

deanimate. Of course seemingly healthy  people do die unexpectedly, so it does 
not 
mean much, but it is a data  point.
 
Also, another reason I don't fly  first class.  ;-)
 
Alan
 
 
Woman Dies on Flight, Gets  Upgraded

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"It was horrific."
- passenger Paul  Trinder   
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LONDON (March 19) - A first-class passenger on a flight  from New Delhi to 
London awoke to find the corpse of a woman who had died in the  economy cabin 
being placed in a seat next to him, British Airways said Monday.  

Paul Trinder , 54, said cabin crew moved the body of the elderly woman  from 
the economy section where she had died after take-off. The incident was  first 
reported in British newspapers. 

"The corpse was strapped into the  seat but because of turbulence it kept 

slipping down on to the floor," Trinder ,  a businessman, was quoted as saying.
"It was horrific. The body had to be wedged  in place with lots of pillows." 

The woman's daughter was also upgraded  and spent the rest of the nine-hour 
flight from Delhi to London grieving next to  her dead mother, the Sun 
reported. The Guardian newspaper said the incident  happened last week. 

British Airways said in a statement that about 10  passengers die each year 
in flight and that while each situation is dealt with  on an individual basis, 
safety is paramount. 



 
 
 
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"The deceased must not be placed in the galley or  blocking aisles or exits, 
and there should be clear space around the deceased,"  the statement said. 
"The wishes of family or friends traveling with the deceased  will always be 
considered, and account taken of the reactions of other  passengers." 

David Learmount, a former pilot and cabin crew member who  now writes about 
the aviation industry for Flight International magazine, said  that each 

airline has to deal with the relatively rare situation on an  individual basis. 
He 
said it would be unusual to divert the flight, and that the  captain would be 
consulted before the crew acted. 

"Personally, I think  they did the thing that was the best thing to do," he 

said. "It's an isolated  incident. It's not as if it happens every day, but you
do have to take in  people's sensibilities when it does happen."  






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