AA continued flight to NY after passenger died due to their negligence [View All]

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A few minutes later, Desir said she was having "trouble breathing" and asked for oxygen, but a flight attendant twice refused her request, Oliver said.

He said other passengers aboard Flight 896 became agitated over the situation, and the flight attendant, apparently after phone consultation with the cockpit, tried to administer oxygen from a portable tank and mask, but the tank was empty.

Oliver said he then asked for the plane to "land right away so I can get her to a hospital," and the pilot agreed to divert to Miami, 45 minutes away. But during that time Desir collapsed and died, Oliver said.

Desir was pronounced dead by one of the (alleged) doctors, Joel Shulkin, and the flight continued to John F. Kennedy International Airport, without stopping in Miami. The woman's body was moved to the floor of the first-class section and covered with a blanket, Oliver said.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23327116/

My problem with this story is that 1) they denied this woman oxygen, 2) it appears that when they finally took her cries seriously, the equipment on board was faulty! 3) They didn't land in Miami to escort the woman to a real hospital so that this family could get closure (as in, know that everything that could be done was done to save her). Did they even know for sure that the so called doctors on board were really doctors?!

Now let's compare that to another headline from today:

UK passenger jet pilot dies mid-flight

LONDON, England (AP) -- A British airline said Monday that one of its flights was forced to divert to Turkey after the co-pilot died in mid-flight. He died of natural causes, the airline said.

The airline said passengers were never in danger. They were due to be flown to Cyprus on Monday.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/02/25/pilot.dead.ap/index.html

So what do you think? At the very least, shouldn't the pilot have at least took the time to land in Miami?