BA sat corpse in first class

On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 12:06:58 +0100, Deeply Filled Mortician
wrote:

OK. I think you need to jump under a train at the start of the rush
hour (somewhere there is a rush hour).

One might think you're encouraging me!

Why would you think that? Just friendly advice to achieve your ends,
or, er, end! :-)
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On Mar 19, 5:58 am, "RAK" wrote:
"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote in message

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Rubba Luva wrote:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle1530572.ece

From The Sunday Times
March 18, 2007
BA sat corpse in first class
Steven Swinford

Paul Trinder, who awoke to see the body at the end of his row, last
week described the journey as "deeply disturbing", and complained that
the airline dismissed his concerns by telling him to "get over it".

"It was a complete mess - they seemed to have no proper plans in place
to deal with the situation," said Trinder, 54, a businessman from
Brackley, Northamptonshire.

No "proper plans in place"? How often does ANY airline have a
passenger
die in transit? (It really doesn't seem the sort of event for which
advance planning would be given priority!)

I don't think it is so rare. There are so many thousands of long haul
flights per day, some people stressed, cramped seating, poor circulation,
etc.
A friend used to do Hadj flights from Indonesia to Saudi and said deaths
on
the plane were quite common (many passenger being very old and probably
often stressed). She said they usually tried to pretend the body was just
asleep until they got back to Jakarta, as a death could mean too much
paperwork and delays in Saudi.
I assume that the crew would try to keep these events as quiet as
possible,
but this BA case seems to show the opposite, moving the unfortunate lady
from economy through business up to 1st.. I wonder why they didn't use
one
of the crew sleeping cubicles (in the back on a 747 I think)

I have been on at least one plane with a dead guy - but he died just
before
landing (suicide!) so storing the body wasn't an issue.

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I wonder if there is a connection between hadj and the deaths during
flight so observed. Perhaps the deceased felt their last duty
furfilled they have no desire to stick around anymore? It will be
shocking to me to see anyone die on my flight.

Maybe. Plus Indonesian friends who have done hadj have told me it is a very
moving experience- I guess that can be stressful as well as a good thing,
maybe a bit too much for an 80 year old.



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"Dave Fossett" wrote in message
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"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote:

No "proper plans in place"? How often does ANY airline have a passenger
die in transit? (It really doesn't seem the sort of event for which
advance planning would be given priority!)

The article said that BA alone has to deal with approximately 10 midair
fatalities a year.

If British Airways experiences a SINGLE "mid-air", I can assure you that
there would be a LOT more than 10 fatalities. Sure you don't mean
"IN-FLIGHT" fatalities? :O|