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Body of person who died on international flight to California reportedly unaccounted for
ktla ^ | 07/254/2025 | Josh DuBose

Posted on 07/24/2025 7:47:25 AM PDT by BenLurkin

The body of a passenger who died during an international flight to San Francisco, prompting the aircraft to divert to Chicago, is reportedly unaccounted for, according to reporting by SFGATE.

Neither airport officials nor a representative for the airline would comment on the circumstances surrounding the death and declined to confirm the passenger’s identity, nationality and gender, the outlet reported.

The passenger’s body would presumably then be under the jurisdiction of the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office, though Natalia Derevyanny, a spokesperson for the department, told SFGATE that there was no record of the deceased passenger or of any case matching that description.

According to flight tracking website FlightAware, TK Flight 79 left Istanbul on July 13 and while the Airbus A350-941 was over Greenland when the passenger “suffered a severe medical emergency,” according to the aviation blog Aviation A2Z.

Initially, the crew prepared to divert to Keflavik Airport in Iceland, though the passenger’s condition reportedly worsened, resulting in their death.

(Excerpt) Read more at ktla.com ...


TOPICS: Travel
KEYWORDS: body; flying; istanbul; travel
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To: READINABLUESTATE

If the dead passenger was part of a drug smuggling operation gone wrong, that advice might be applicable in more ways than one.


21 posted on 07/24/2025 9:06:43 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away!)
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To: NonValueAdded

Could be that the body bag is with the unclaimed carrion luggage.


22 posted on 07/24/2025 9:12:38 AM PDT by Ezekiel (🆘️ "Come fly with US". 🔴 Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with MARS ♂️, aka every man)
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To: Beowulf9

The story was about the son of missionaries in Africa

I think his name was Marmaduke

He wore mask and was Superman type without the powers The natives called him O Ghost Who Walks


23 posted on 07/24/2025 9:12:46 AM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: Ezekiel

No it’s probably with Obama BC


24 posted on 07/24/2025 9:17:39 AM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: BenLurkin

What about his luggage?


25 posted on 07/24/2025 9:20:20 AM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts )
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To: Tennessee Nana

I didn’t know that. The art was great.


26 posted on 07/24/2025 9:38:18 AM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: BenLurkin

Mule. Baggie dissolved, dead.
Hide body quick.


27 posted on 07/24/2025 9:55:15 AM PDT by bobbo666
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To: BenLurkin
No one dies on an airplane that's not involved in a crash. That would be bad for air travel.

They're instead declared dead somewhere else - ambulance, hospital, morgue, etc.

28 posted on 07/24/2025 9:56:10 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: BenLurkin

Anyone checked the baggage carousel?


29 posted on 07/24/2025 10:40:18 AM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐To the Left, The Truth is Right Wing Violence⭐⭐)
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