Days after a passenger died on a plane going from Turkey to Scotland, many Internet users began to wonder
what happens when a person dies in the middle of a flight
.
To answer this question, media such as the DailyStar turned to the explanation given by flight attendant
Sheen Marie
in 2021.
“If they have a heart attack and die, and there's nothing we can do about it, and we can't start CPR, we
're just going to wait until we get to our final destination
.
We are going to keep that corpse where it is
,” Marie said in a TikTok video.
Sheen Marie, the flight attendant who explained what happens when a passenger dies in mid-flight.
Photo: TikTok Capture
According to the crew member, the body, in such a case, will be placed in an empty row of the plane, preferably behind everything, and then it will be "covered with a blanket."
Passengers will be allowed to leave the plane before the doctors come on board.
The vehicle will then be taken out of service and the deceased person's next of kin will be notified.
The discussion also reached Reddit, where several crew members expressed their opinions on the subject, demonstrating that there are several versions of the protocol that must be carried out in cases of death.
The bodies are usually covered with a blanket and taken to a place where there are no passengers.
Photo: AFP
“Keep in mind that most of the time, people who die don't drop dead in their seats,” a flight attendant clarified, adding: “They collapse, we give them CPR and there's a medical call if it's serious enough.
Usually we are already on our way to another airport and most of the passengers know that there is a medical emergency on board.”
“
We are in constant communication with a doctor from the emergency services through the cabin and he will be the one to give us instructions on when to stop CPR if he deems it necessary
,” continued the woman who gave her version on Reddit.
Usually, planes try to make an emergency landing, but sometimes it is not possible.
Photo: AFP
The procedures also have a lot to do with the airline
.
The stewardess explained what she has to do if there is no turning back: “If a passenger dies, we have to store the body, we are not going to leave it there.
I'm on long-haul flights, so keep in mind that the available equipment may not be on all planes or on all airlines."
"We often cross the Atlantic without the means to land for a few hours, so we have to store the body for the remaining time," he continued.
For that, he said they have "
a body bag
" in their medical kit.
"If possible we will wrap the body inside, but we will always leave it open around the head, since only a doctor on duty can close it."
"Technically speaking, storing a body during a flight is really not a problem," he concluded.
a recent case
On Tuesday, March 7,
a man died aboard a Jet2 flight en
route from Antalya, Turkey, to Glasgow, Scotland.
Many passengers tried to revive him
, but were unable to.
They were 40 minutes from landing.
A Jet2 plane, the airline where a passenger recently died.
An eyewitness who spoke to the Daily Star about the chaotic situation said: "The pilot came over to inform us that we were going to have to make an emergency landing due to a medical incident on board, and we had to land with all the lights in the cockpit. lit;
It was pretty scary because you know it's pretty dangerous."
This person noticed that something strange was happening because he saw that the entire crew was running through the aisles towards the seats that were behind.
“While that was going on, they were still there trying to resuscitate the man.
People were crying and really shocked by it
, it was very sad,” he commented.
When the plane landed, paramedics boarded the plane.
Jet2 staff were highly praised for their “professional and respectful” work during the incident.
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