Passenger Dies In Mid-Air During Mexico-Belgium Flight

[News_Editor]

Passenger dies in mid-air during Mexico-Belgium flight < br />

2012-05-23 23:33:30 GMT+7 (ICT)

SHANNON, IRELAND (BNO NEWS) -- A Jetairfly passenger plane flying from Mexico to Belgium made an emergency landing in Ireland on Wednesday morning after one of its passengers became unwell in mid-air, the airline said. The passenger was pronounced dead upon landing.

Jetairfly flight 208 was flying from Cancún International Airport on the Caribbean coast of Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula when a male passenger suffered a medical emergency. "The crews and passenger-nurses who were called upon administered medical care," said Hans Vanhaelemeesch, a spokesman for the Belgian airline.

Less than 30 minutes after the pilot declared a medical emergency, the Boeing 767-300 made an emergency landing at Shannon Airport in Ireland. "At the airport a doctor determined the death of the passenger," Vanhaelemeesch said. "The deceased passenger was traveling with his spouse. The cause of death is heart failure."

The remaining 252 passengers waited several hours before they were able to resume their flight to the Belgian capital of Brussels. "The unfortunate incident resulted in a 6-hour delay at Brussels," the spokesman added. "The management and staff of Jetairfly and Jetair express their condolences to the family of the deceased."

The nationality of the deceased was not released.

-- © BNO News All rights reserved 2012-05-23

[bkkflyer]

Is Thaivisa THAT desperate for advertising revenue?

People dying on an aircraft is probably happening at least once per week......

Probably 15000-20000 people die on the roads here in Thailand every year. Around 3000 die per day worldwide from car accidents.....

[Scott]

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[Steely Dan]

Hmm, a second mid-air flight incident leading to a flight being diverted to make an emergency landing. Seems to happen a lot these days.

[geriatrickid]

The worst is when the PAX dies over the ocean and they move the body to the rear crew rest seats in the last row. They then block off the lavs and the long lines to use the lavs start. Most cases, PAX are unaware when someone dies. The crews are pretty good at keeping things quiet.

[siampolee]

The crews are pretty good at keeping things quiet.

Much like the deceased I suppose the crew take their lead from the deceased in such matters

[koheesti]

Suffered a heart attack on the flight from Mexico to Europe? I wonder if something broke inside his intestines that gave him the heart attack?

[scorecard]

The worst is when the PAX dies over the ocean and they move the body to the rear crew rest seats in the last row. They then block off the lavs and the long lines to use the lavs start. Most cases, PAX are unaware when someone dies. The crews are pretty good at keeping things quiet.

Many years ago I was on an Alitalia flight from Melbourne to Singapore.

A passenger very suddenly died, just before the aircraft was due to depart Australian waters. Because of international Law (maybe it's changed now) the aircraft had to turn around and go back to Melborne which was from memory about 3.5 to 4 hours flight. About 4 hours delay in Melbourne to handle the documentation etc etc, reload the aircraft and a second departure for Singapore.

Overall, a very long journey

Edited May 25, 2012 by scorecard