http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23327116/?GT1=10856
Quote:
NEW YORK - American Airlines on Monday insisted it tried to help a passenger who died after complaining she could not breathe, and disputed the account of a relative who said that she was denied oxygen and that medical devices failed.
The airline said the oxygen tanks and a defibrillator on the flight from Haiti were working and noted that several medical professionals on the flight, including a doctor, tried to save the passenger, Carine Desir, 44, who had heart disease.
"American Airlines, after investigation, has determined that oxygen was administered on the aircraft, and it was working, and the defibrillator was applied as well," airline spokesman Charley Wilson said Monday.
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Basically the relative is saying the flight attendants waited too long and that the oxygen tanks were empty... American says the flight attendants acted admiraly and according to how they were trained and that the equipment was working fine..
It is a scary situation all around... no telling how it is going to end... (i.e. if the relative will try suing or something)
I will say though I hope no one was actually sitting in the First Class cabin. The woman's body was put in the aisle of the FC cabin with a blanket over it for the remainder of the flight.
I realize they probably don't have a 'contengency plan' of what to do in case someone passes during a flight.. but really? That must have been disturbing.
The medical examiner did say the woman died of complications of heart disease & diabetes.
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