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In case you die on Singapore Airlines
"Stan de SD" wrote in message thlink.net... "DN" wrote in message ... Without the morgue in place on an aircraft, where do the put the body, especially if the plane is full of Pax? If Chevy Chase was the pilot, wouldn't they just tie it down on top? if a singaporian was the pilot, he'd fly it into a bulldozer in taiwan..... |
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In case you die on Singapore Airlines
On Sun, 14 Mar 2004 07:00:30 GMT, "Stan de SD"
wrote: "rip" wrote in message news:lg9v40hmbsqdmqf2fcsroabob419rsf8tr@news... http://www.airliners.net/open.file/529497/M/ Wow, they think of EVERYTHING at Singapore Airlines don't they... If you're dead, what are the seat belts for? Prevents the body from rolling around. There was a case on Air Mike (Continental Airlines/Air Micronesia) as it was called just a few years ago, where a passenger who was known to be seriously ill was being emergency evacuated out one of the Islands of Micronesia on a commercial flight to more advanced facilities (because it was all that was available that had a prayer of getting him to more advanced care in time), and died about an hour after departure. The passengers on both sides were not pleased to spend 3 hours strapped into their seats next to a dead passenger. They were not pleased by the experience, and I believe Air Mike ended up paying substantial compensation. As for Cairo, transporting dead bodies is messy business, and my guess is the folks at Cairo didn't want to deal with it. Those people have a mania for paperwork, and it probably would have taken 100 man hours to do the paperwork to allow the dead body to left in Cairo.... A better place is probably the wheel well. Very little trouble with decomposition at cruise altitudes..... I would add that in the USA, flying dead bodies (in coffins) is one of the more lucrative air cargo businesses. The paperwork is a mess however. |
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In case you die on Singapore Airlines
matt weber wrote:
There was a case on Air Mike (Continental Airlines/Air Micronesia) as it was called just a few years ago, where a passenger who was known to be seriously ill was being emergency evacuated out one of the Islands of Micronesia on a commercial flight to more advanced facilities (because it was all that was available that had a prayer of getting him to more advanced care in time), and died about an hour after departure. The passengers on both sides were not pleased to spend 3 hours strapped into their seats next to a dead passenger. They were not pleased by the experience, and I believe Air Mike ended up paying substantial compensation. Why? Was this in some way Continental's fault? miguel -- Hit The Road! Photos and tales from around the world: http://travel.u.nu |
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