3 Passengers Die On Flights From Miami To London

local6.com ^ | Jan. 19, 2004 | n/a

[EggsAckley]

LONDON -- A 19-year-old British woman died Monday on board a Virgin Atlantic flight from Miami to London's Heathrow Airport, the airline said.

A day earlier, two passengers on a British Airways flight from Miami to Heathrow died, including one from suspected viral meningitis.

The Virgin Atlantic passenger, who was not identified, died on flight VS006 shortly before landing, a spokeswoman for the carrier said. She said crew had tried to revive her and a doctor had come forward to help, but the woman was pronounced dead on arrival at Heathrow, west of London.

Police said the cause of death was unknown but added that an autopsy would be performed.

On Sunday, a female passenger fell ill on British Airways flight BA208 from Miami to Heathrow and the aircraft was diverted to Nova Scotia, Canada, so she could receive emergency treatment, a spokeswoman for BA said. The woman died but it was unclear whether she died in the hospital or on the aircraft, she said.

A male passenger became ill after the flight resumed and died shortly before arriving at Heathrow, the spokeswoman said. She did not give either passenger's age or nationality or the suspected cause of death, but said the deaths weren't linked.

Hillingdon Borough, which oversees the Health Control Unit at Heathrow, said the male BA passenger was British and died of suspected viral meningitis. A spokesman for the local authority, Ian Macey, said he believed the female BA passenger had suffered a heart attack.

Macey said health authorities would inform all passengers on the BA flight of the dead man's autopsy results, although he stressed that viral meningitis is only contagious in very close contact.

He did not have information on the death of the Virgin Atlantic passenger.

Meningitis involves inflammation of the tissues that cover the brain and spinal cord. It can be caused by a virus, bacteria or fungus.

Viral meningitis, which can be caused by many different viruses, is debilitating but rarely fatal in people with normal immune systems. Usually, the symptoms last from 7 to 10 days and the person recovers completely.

[RinaseaofDs]

day = DIE

Two die today.

Sorry

[CholeraJoe]

There are no contagious diseases one can contract, and then die from, in a single flight.

Correct. Even Ebola or Anthrax takes a couple of days to bump you off.

[hellinahandcart]

Rumack: You'd better tell the Captain we've got to land as soon as possible, we've got to get them to the hospital. . .
Elaine: A hospital . . what is it?
Rumack: It's a big building with patients, but that's not important right now. Tell the captain I must speak to him.

[lainde]

No it doesn't. They're usually just admitted for 24-48 hours to (mainly to rule out bacterial meningitis or other causes). There's no treatment for viral meningitis. Bacterial memingitis can kill and kill fast!

[lainde]

Should have uses spell check: Bacterial meningitis.

[T'wit]

Airline meals kill faster :-)

[Ciexyz]

Gosh, time to get up and stretch my legs....

[KantianBurke]

Sully: Here's twenty dollars to get some drinks in Val Verde. It'll give us all a little more time with your daughter. Matrix: You're a funny man, Sully, I like you. That's why I'm going to kill you last.

[KantianBurke]

Matrix: Remember, Sully, when I promised to kill you last?
Sully: That's right, Matrix. You did!
Matrix: I lied.

[tdadams]

Glad to see it wasn't such an obscure reference that nobody got it. I was starting to feel like Dennis Miller for a minute.

[Joe Hadenuf]

CAPTAIN: Folks, we will be setting down in Nova Scotia to drop off a passenger who has expired. Several hours elapse and plane is back in flight again... CAPTAIN: Folks, you will see a lot of emergency equipment when we land because another passenger has expired.

Or, CAPTAIN: Ladies and gentlemen, for those of you still alive, we will be serving peanuts and beverages for the next ten minutes. Just ignore those people with their heads covered up, and sit back and enjoy the rest of the flight!

[The Westerner]

Will that happen if you sit for hours with your legs up on the desk while Freeping?

[flutters]

Ping

[Don Joe]

You'll get fired.

[hellinahandcart]

I was looking for a picture of Captain Clarence Oever for you, but all I could find was the script...

Tower : 2-0-9er clear for vector 2-3-4.
Murdock : We have clearance Clarence.
Oever : Roger, Roger. What's our Vector Victor?
Tower : Tower's radio clearance, over!
Oever : That's Clarence Oever! Over.
Tower : Roger.
Murdock : Huh?
Tower : Roger, over.
Murdock : Huh?
Oever : Huh?

[Domestic Church]

"I wonder if these three people were in the same hotel or restaurant or same cruise in Miami."
Or same Taxi?

[txhurl]

Same hot dog stand? Same slurpee machine? Gotta be the same something.

[Guenevere]

My husband had to endure sitting next to a woman who entered the airplane throwing up, and proceeded to barf in a bag for the whole trip....

..the stewardess knew she was sick when she came on board, but let her in anyway, and my husband was a captive to this....

..he went home and immediately threw all clothes in the washer....

...he felt like burning them!

[Ingtar]

Cindy: What happened to Sully?
Matrix: I let him go.

[KantianBurke]

Cindy: These guys eat too much red meat!