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BA apologises after dumping dead body in first class: reports
AFP on Yahoo ^ | 3/18/07 | AFP

Posted on 03/18/2007 8:45:53 PM PDT by NormsRevenge

LONDON (AFP) - British Airways has apologised after placing the body of a woman who died three hours into a London-New Delhi flight in a vacant first-class seat, media reports said Monday.

After the elderly woman died, the flight's cabin crew moved her from her economy class seat into a vacant first class seat, strapped her in with a seatbelt and propped her up with pillows.

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.

A passenger seated nearest to the corpse, identified by the Daily Mirror only as Paul, told the paper of how the crew had not informed him that the woman had died mid-flight.

"I went to the galley and said, 'She doesn't look too well'," the 54-year-old businessman told the Mirror.

"The crew told me, 'We put out a call to the doctor but it was too late. She's expired.'"

He added that "because of turbulence it (the body) kept slipping down on to the floor. It was horrific."

A spokesman for BA was quoted by the Mirror as saying: "We apologise, but our crew were working in difficult circumstances and chose the option they thought would cause least disruption."

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.

The man was covered with a blanket and strapped into a reclining first-class seat.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Front Page News; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: britain; firstclass; howtogetanupgrade; india; london; newyork; seatupgrade; wearenotamused
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To: al baby; Allegra; Auntbee; BJClinton; Dashing Dasher; dfwddr; exile; feinswinesuksass; ...

Tard ping list


81 posted on 03/19/2007 9:43:17 AM PDT by EveningStar
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To: lepton

"I'm not dead yet!"
"You'll be stone-dead in a minute..."
"I'm getting better!"
"Oh, don't be such a cry-baby..."


82 posted on 03/19/2007 9:49:12 AM PDT by JRios1968 (Tagline wanted...inquire within)
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To: NormsRevenge
(I can't believe nobody's posted this guy yet)

"She's dead, Jim"

83 posted on 03/19/2007 9:57:48 AM PDT by muleskinner
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To: MARTIAL MONK
Will she fit in overhead?

LOL! You are a sick puppy! LOL!

84 posted on 03/19/2007 10:12:41 AM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: NormsRevenge

"Fly British Airlines, where even newly-Democrat voters are treated first-class!"


85 posted on 03/19/2007 10:14:50 AM PDT by Rastus
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To: RavenATB

An American and his mother-in-law are visiting the Holy Land when she dies. The man contacts the local undertaker who tells him that he can bury her in the Holy Land for $50 or have her flown back to the States for around $5000.

Guy says "lemme think about that for a while."

Guy comes back the next day and says "I think I'll have her flown back to the States."

Undertaker sez "Really? Do you know how many people pay a fortune to have their bodies flown here to be buried in the Holy Land? And you want to do the reverse? Why?"

Guy sez "Well... I heard tell of a man who died and was buried in the Holy Land and three days later he came back to life. I don't wanna take that chance..."


86 posted on 03/19/2007 10:24:03 AM PDT by Philistone (Your existence as a non-believer offends the Prophet(MPBUH).)
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To: KarlInOhio
I will not make a Weekend at Bernie's reference...

However I will... "So, does BA stand for Bernie's Airways?"

87 posted on 03/19/2007 10:27:32 AM PDT by Jonah Hex ("How'd you get that scar, mister?" "Nicked myself shaving.")
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To: NormsRevenge

Stiffs On A Plane, The Movie.


88 posted on 03/19/2007 10:30:48 AM PDT by toddlintown (Six bullets and Lennon goes down. Yet not one hit Yoko. Discuss.)
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To: dfwgator

couldnt they just put her in the elevator and send her down below? Didnt they see that movie executive decision, with steven seagal and Kurt Russell?

Thats where the commandos were hiding..


89 posted on 03/19/2007 10:36:54 AM PDT by Armedanddangerous (The Coldest Blood Runs through my veins..you know my name..)
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To: NormsRevenge

I'd pay extra to sit next to someone who wasn't 400 pounds
and/or has a screaming baby, even if they were dead.


90 posted on 03/19/2007 10:57:33 AM PDT by Rakkasan1 ((Illegal immigrants are just undocumented friends you haven't met yet!))
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To: Armedanddangerous
Certain things might be possible if one is flying in a 747 or other large equipment, but most don't have such accessibility to non-passenger areas.

HF

91 posted on 03/19/2007 11:26:56 AM PDT by holden
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To: EveningStar; al baby; Allegra; Auntbee; BJClinton; Dashing Dasher; dfwddr; exile; ...

Ladies and Gentlemen, as we prepare to land please bring make sure seatbelts are fastened, all luggage stowed away properly, seats and tray tables in an upright and locked position and your dead strapped in so they don't flop on the floor.


92 posted on 03/19/2007 12:03:36 PM PDT by Maximus of Texas (On my signal, pull my finger.)
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To: NormsRevenge
At least on a cruise, they can place the deceased in a cool place until they reach port.

I have heard that, at least on smaller cruises, the "cool place" is the same room where they keep all the food.

93 posted on 03/19/2007 12:12:46 PM PDT by wideminded
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To: MARTIAL MONK

ROFL


94 posted on 03/19/2007 12:23:28 PM PDT by Allegra (Hey! Quiet Down Out There!)
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To: MARTIAL MONK
Will she fit in overhead?

Either that or under the seat.

95 posted on 03/19/2007 2:02:42 PM PDT by HarmlessLovableFuzzball
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To: MARTIAL MONK

If she was very,very,very,very small...........


96 posted on 03/19/2007 2:07:00 PM PDT by Osage Orange (MOLON LABE)
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To: Maximus of Texas
Ladies and Gentlemen, as we prepare to land please bring make sure seatbelts are fastened, all luggage stowed away properly, seats and tray tables in an upright and locked position and your dead strapped in so they don't flop on the floor.

You are so bad.

97 posted on 03/19/2007 2:23:49 PM PDT by pax_et_bonum (I will always love you, Flyer.)
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To: JRios1968
I will not make a Snakes on a Plane reference...
I will not make a Snakes on a Plane reference...
I will not make a Snakes on a Plane reference...
I will not make a Snakes on a Plane reference...

I'll bet I know several people who could've talked to the corpse all the way to England and never realized that she didn't talk back.

98 posted on 03/19/2007 2:26:16 PM PDT by pax_et_bonum (I will always love you, Flyer.)
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To: pax_et_bonum

I have sat next to people on flights, whom I WISHED would shut up! LOL


99 posted on 03/19/2007 2:30:02 PM PDT by JRios1968 (Tagline wanted...inquire within)
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To: JRios1968

I wonder... if I pretend to be dead would they move me to first class?


100 posted on 03/19/2007 2:35:45 PM PDT by pax_et_bonum (I will always love you, Flyer.)
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