Re: BA PASSENGER SITS NEXT TO CORPSE ON FLIGHT
- From: "ian henden" <ian@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 22:09:26 GMT
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On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 18:37:42 -0000, "Tony Dragon"
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Doug wrote:The only option they had in my book would have been to drop the
"MY FIVE-HOUR HELL IN BA FIRST CLASS.. SITTING BY A CORPSE
By Stephen Moyes 19/03/2007
A PASSENGER has told how he spent five hours sitting next to a corpse
while flying First Class on British Airways.
Paul Trinder, 54, woke at 30,000ft to discover cabin crew strapping
the body of a woman, who died after the plane took off, into the seat
across the aisle.
He watched in horror as the corpse repeatedly slid beneath the
seatbelt on to the cabin floor of the Boeing 747.
He feared it was decomposing and giving off a foul smell. And, as if
that was not enough, his peace was further wrecked by the wailing of
grieving relatives of the dead passenger..."
More:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/topstories/tm_headline=ba-passenger-sits-next-to-corpse-on-flight%26method=full%26objectid=18775533%26siteid=89520-name_page.html
A good way of getting upgraded!
The airline said: "We apologise, but our crew were working in difficult
circumstances and chose the option they thought would cause least
disruption."
aircraft down on the nearest runway and get the body off rather than
leave it sitting next to a live passenger causing him stress for five
hours .
I have always had the greatest respect for BA until reading this just
now and have never flown with any other airline now however I think Mr
Branston will get my money .
This was discussed on R4 this afternoon, a senior BA cabinperson said that
normally on a long haul flight there would be a crew area where the body
would be placed, but apparently many planes (even the same type) have
differnt configurations So, if the plane was pretty full, then the crew
would not really have much choice.
Where it is practical, they DO put down at the nearest suitable airport
(i.e. one capable of safe landing, takeoff and with facilities to handle the
plane, remember the plane's fuel load is designed to be sufficient for the
intended flight plus a very little bit, so they must be able to refuel at
the emergency airport).
That happily results in the body being offloaded in the right continent....
it's a particular problem on transatlantic flights, apparently.
On one ocassion, he said, they turned round and put down at Newfoundland to
offload a corpse. Then another died, on the same flight, halfway across
the Atlantic....
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