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Warpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-25-08 04:19 PM
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9. I know if I were a family member waiting in NY
and she died on the plane, I'd prefer not to have the expense of flying down to Miami to claim the body and then have it transported to NY for burial.

I don't fault them for not landing the plane once she died. I do fault them for ignoring her requests and for not checking their tank prior to takeoff as part of general safety precautions and replacing the empty one. I also fault them for lying about having the tanks in good operating condition after being contradicted by medical people on board as passengers.

From the pattern of this woman's sudden thirst and rapid decline, I'd suspect flash pulmonary edema was the cause of death. Unless they'd had a BIPAP machine and IV Lasix available, there's nothing else that could have been done. Oxygen might have prolonged the inevitable, probably not long enough for the plane to land.

It's a horrible way to go. Had she been on the ground, she might have made it to an emergency room. In the air, she had little chance.
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