Rescuers removing the dead passenger who tested positive for Covid-19 from the plane. Photo: Matichon

 

by TNR Staff

 

AN ELDERLY Thai man who died during a flight from Saudi Arabia to Thailand was found to be infected with Covid-19 after the airplane landed at Suvarnabhumi Airport Saturday afternoon (Dec. 10), Matichon newspaper said.

 

The 71-year-old man was identified as Mr. Bahem Saeso.

 

Full story: https://thainewsroom.com/2022/12/10/covid-infected-thai-man-found-dead-on-flight-from-saudi-arabia/

 

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I wonder what caused him to die?

I'd be very worried if I was sitting anywhere close to this guy.

Ruamkatanyu Foundation rescuers rushed to remove his body from the plane as it had to continue its journey. 

No mention of the plane being fumigated then. 

RIP Mr Bahem Saeso.

 

Since when is 71 "elderly"?

2 minutes ago, Homburg said:

RIP Mr Bahem Saeso.

 

Since when is 71 "elderly"?

Yes, that statement depressed me.....

There is some policy to do Covid tests on arriving dead people in Thailand now?

3 hours ago, HuskerDo2 said:

I'd be very worried if I was sitting anywhere close to this guy.

It's likely he stopped breathing out virus particles at the point where he died.

 

19 minutes ago, Homburg said:

Since when is 71 "elderly"?

Since forever ?

If you want a formal definition, a brief Google suggests that >65 is a typical benchmark.

 

 

4 hours ago, ukrules said:

I wonder what caused him to die?

Probably his mask in the end !

8 minutes ago, realfunster said:

Since forever ?

If you want a formal definition, a brief Google suggests that >65 is a typical benchmark.

 

 

That needs to be changed as 70 is the new 50 in my book based upon the new longevity charts. Here's a look at life expectancies by country.

 

http://www.geoba.se/population.php?pc=world&type=15

Just now, ukrules said:

It's likely he stopped breathing out virus particles at the point where he died.

 

Yes but what about the several hours prior to his death. Would you have wanted to be sitting near him or next to him all that time?

I know airplane food isn't that good but geeeze isn't that taking things a tad too far    !

55 minutes ago, Homburg said:

RIP Mr Bahem Saeso.

 

Since when is 71 "elderly"?

71 is an old biffer anywhere in the world?

Get a Grip people !

It said 'he had Covid' - not that covid has anything at all to the cause of his death.

Get off the "Oh my God - COVID" shock and awe !

4 hours ago, HuskerDo2 said:

I'd be very worried if I was sitting anywhere close to this guy.

How many Thais would choose to sit in seat 18k now and keep his ghost company? 

 

1 minute ago, seedy said:

Get a Grip people !

It said 'he had Covid' - not that covid has anything at all to the cause of his death.

Get off the "Oh my God - COVID" shock and awe !

What are you banging on about?.... Posters are making more fuss about 71 being referred to as elderly!

15 minutes ago, Sid the Sexpat said:

71 is an old biffer anywhere in the world?

Spoken like a 20 something. Friend was 70 when I was 38. I asked him how old of an antique he thought he be when he left this world. He said he would be a fossil..just celebrated his 91st birthday in style by jumping out of a perfectly good airplane to get to 100 jumps since he turned 80.....

7 minutes ago, seedy said:

Get a Grip people !

It said 'he had Covid' - not that covid has anything at all to the cause of his death.

Get off the "Oh my God - COVID" shock and awe !

Your getting wrapped around the axels again....deep breaths and let it go...he died and had covid which in itself could have killed him if he was unhealthy, unvaccinated or ?. We shall never know so let it go.

Edited December 12, 20223 yr by ThailandRyan

45 minutes ago, RichardColeman said:

Probably his mask in the end !

Call total BS on this trope

5 hours ago, ukrules said:

I wonder what caused him to die?

Grief over the fact, that he was from the right origin but did not make it in time for the award given to the 10th million tourist by Prayuth. 
Latter knew Friday evening already, that this award goes to a passenger disembarking on Gate 10 on Saturday morning ....... but some sporty fellow was faster than him ???? 

5 hours ago, HuskerDo2 said:

I'd be very worried if I was sitting anywhere close to this guy.

He would not have been the only passenger with Covid.

If he is/was a symptonic, he didn't even know that he was infected.. Besides who said that he died because of Covid? Maybe a heartfailure? People die even healthy people as it is a part of life.. When you a born it is normal that you will die, nobody lives forever

1 hour ago, jacko45k said:

There is some policy to do Covid tests on arriving dead people in Thailand now?

According to the news, there was concern he had MERS, so they tested for that but threw in a Covid test as well.

i suggest everyone go into full on panic mode. 

What a convenient way to provide more scaremongering.

 

No autopsy means that they cannot say how he died, but hey, that's throw it out there that he was infected with the virus and died, of course the gullible will take that as the cause of his death, hook, line and sinker.

 

Probably died in his sleep of natural causes.

17 minutes ago, 4MyEgo said:

Probably died in his sleep of natural causes.

Very presumptive without an autopsy!

I think people would be shocked at the number of people that pass away inflight worldwide. Other than recent covid, this story would probably not even merit a mention.

I had an air hostess girlfriend back in Australia, and she had experienced it twice in her career. And that was domestic flights.

 

 

1 hour ago, ThailandRyan said:

That needs to be changed as 70 is the new 50 in my book based upon the new longevity charts. Here's a look at life expectancies by country.

 

http://www.geoba.se/population.php?pc=world&type=15

119.

Thailand

76.01

2022  out of 228.

I'm on borrowed time.

No good news ever comes out of Saudia or Middle East!

I wonder how important it is to do a convid test on a deceased person. 

I reckon autopsy ain't matter any longer.