Relative complains after death on flight (Empty Oygen Bottle)

Houston Chronicle ^ | Feb. 24, 2008, 9:16PM | RICHARD PYLE

[nmh]

I see a huge lawsuit on the horizon.

[Kirkwood]

Do you think a memo went out the next day to check all O2 tanks and defibrillators on their aircraft?

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

["Two doctors and two nurses were aboard and tried to administer oxygen from a second tank, which also was empty..."].

If true, AA will be paying big time to settle this case.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

ERT equipmnt maintenance (and training) is a BIG problem in ALL industries.

[LibFreeOrDie]

So 2 tanks of oxygen were empty, and the defib didn’t work... Wonder what else is never checked before takeoff on that plane?

[dighton]

Looks like AA has a problem here.

[billorites]

Yeah, serious bummer about the oxygen,
but can we offer you some complimentary peanuts?

[Shelayne]

Uh oh. The oxygen tanks should have been checked on the pre-flight safety inspection by the flight attendants. Or at least that is how we did it when I used to fly. Any inoperable safety equipment had to be replaced prior to flight. I flew with a different airline. Perhaps AA does it differently.

I suppose the gauge could have indicated full, and the tanks were actually empty, but with two tanks having the same problem, I am leaning toward a lax pre-flight check.

[downtownconservative]

You might want to reserve judgement until the facts actually come out. Airliners have numerous O2 botttles aboard for a variety of purposes and all can be called into use in an emergency. I think there is much more to this than this very suspect preliminary report would indicate.

[peter the great]

I imagine something like that went out industry wide asthis story got legs

[txlurker]

Terrible story. I bet all those little mini bottles of booze were full. Makes you wonder if the oxygen tanks they tell you about would work if the plane lost pressure. Scary stuff.

[oldenuff2no]

I didn’t get that the defibrillator didn’t work, I got that it had no affect. There is a difference.

[DeLaine]

Is it really their responsibility to keep medical equipment on board? Just wondering.

[nmh]

Just speculating based on what’s written ... like most people do ... .

[Political Junkie Too]

What about the emergency oxygen masks that drop from the ceiling? Did anyone think to try those?

-PJ

[nmh]

Oh what a lawsuit this is going to be!

Yup!

[Bender2]

We should go back to when Flight Attendants were called Stews... and dressed correctly!

[billorites]

"Her last words were, 'I cannot breathe,'" he said.

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury...
I rest my case.