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BA apologises after dumping dead body in first class: reports
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Posted on 03/18/2007 8:45:53 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
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posted on
03/18/2007 8:48:00 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ......)
To: NormsRevenge
I saw that Jody Foster movie about airplanes--they couldn't store this poor dead woman in the hold or something til they arrived at their destination?
Didn't look good--I bet! :-o
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posted on
03/18/2007 8:48:00 PM PDT
by
pillut48
(CJ in TX (Bible Thumper and Proud!))
To: NormsRevenge
If that's what you have to do to get a free upgrade, I think I'll pass.
No pun intended.
To: NormsRevenge
According to The Guardian, about 10 people a year die on BA flights, and the airline acted in a similar fashion when an American traveller died half-way through a six-hour London-Boston flight in November. If this is such a frequent occurrence, shouldn't a solution have been thought of for this situation a long, long time ago?
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posted on
03/18/2007 8:50:29 PM PDT
by
CarrotAndStick
(The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
To: NormsRevenge
Maybe airlines should start packing body bags.
Surely they could zip a stiff into a bag and hang them up in the galley for the remainder of the flight.
Or maybe have a seat specifically designated as the morgue and only the dead get to sit there.
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posted on
03/18/2007 8:50:34 PM PDT
by
Dr.Zoidberg
(Mohammedanism - Bringing you only the best of the 6th century for fourteen hundred years.)
To: NormsRevenge
"I went to the galley and said, 'She doesn't look too well'This isn't something to make light of but I can see why he'd say that.
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posted on
03/18/2007 8:50:53 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
(http://warchronicle.com/TheyAreNotKillers/DefendOurMarines.htm)
To: NormsRevenge
Seems a reasonable solution to me.
Other options would be leaving her prone in an aisle ( evacuation hazard ) or maybe tossin her into bagage which seems wrong somehow.
The death was tragic and traumatic on those around her but BA can't change that.
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posted on
03/18/2007 8:51:11 PM PDT
by
festus
(The constitution may be flawed but its a whole lot better than what we have now.)
To: festus
How are they supposed to get into the hold whilst in flight?
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posted on
03/18/2007 8:52:50 PM PDT
by
rahbert
To: festus
Will she fit in overhead?
To: NormsRevenge
A memento mori for first-class pax.
Golden lads and girls all must,
As chimney-sweepers, come to dust.
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posted on
03/18/2007 8:53:33 PM PDT
by
dighton
To: festus
Unfortunately, depending on size and type of aircraft, there is no easy discreet way to handle this.
I feel for the crew and family and immediate passengers.
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posted on
03/18/2007 8:53:49 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ......)
To: NormsRevenge
Her daughter was given a vacant seat next to her, and reportedly spent most of the remaining five-odd hours of the flight wailing and in tears. Sounds like a bad sitcom. But what are the airlines to do with passengers who kick the bucket inflight? You can't chuck them out the door.
To: MARTIAL MONK
Will she fit in overhead? Overhead bins are only intended for the storage of dead midgets I'm afraid.
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posted on
03/18/2007 8:54:51 PM PDT
by
M203M4
(Ignorance of basic math underlies economic ignorance and helps fuel socialism.)
To: pillut48
I saw that Jody Foster movie about airplanes--they couldn't store this poor dead woman in the hold or something til they arrived at their destination?
Only if she didn't fit into the overhead bin.
Sorry, that was in bad taste but I just couldn't help it!
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posted on
03/18/2007 8:55:45 PM PDT
by
Grizzled Bear
("Does not play well with others.")
To: NormsRevenge
"He added that "because of turbulence it (the body) kept slipping down on to the floor. It was horrific."
Horrific? You've got to be chitting me...what a wussy!
The body was DEAD! The freaking woman couldn't feel anything.
Horrific? Was that "man" named John Edwards?
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posted on
03/18/2007 8:56:16 PM PDT
by
RavenATB
To: NormsRevenge
There is no one right way of dealing with such situations.
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posted on
03/18/2007 8:56:29 PM PDT
by
AZRepublican
("The degree in which a measure is necessary can never be a test of the legal right to adopt it.")
To: M203M4
You beat me by less than a minute!
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posted on
03/18/2007 8:57:27 PM PDT
by
Grizzled Bear
("Does not play well with others.")
To: CarrotAndStick
What do you think they should do with a dead body? Lock it in the restroom? Toss it out an emergency door? What?
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posted on
03/18/2007 8:57:30 PM PDT
by
Lucas McCain
(The gene pool could use a little chlorine)
To: NormsRevenge
Can I have her peanuts?
I'm sorry...
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posted on
03/18/2007 8:57:35 PM PDT
by
Scarchin
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