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2007-03-19 -Short Attention Span Theater-
British Airways Places Dead Passenger in First Class Seat
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Posted by Fred 2007-03-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11130 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 An amazing story - and a Rantburg all-time classic posting, in my view. Kudos, Fred.
Posted by Verlaine 2007-03-19 00:16||   2007-03-19 00:16|| Front Page Top

#2 
British Airways!


Where peoples are just dying to upgrade to 1st class!


(sorry.... couldn't help myself...)
Posted by CrazyFool 2007-03-19 01:09||   2007-03-19 01:09|| Front Page Top

#3 All the complaints and yet in all the time they were up there nobody could figure out anything better to do with her? Hmm.

Maybe next time they could just clear out some of the overhead luggage racks and roll her into one of those.

And what's going to become of her frequent flier miles?

Anyone remember the name that Chevy Chase movie was that had Grandma up on the roof of the car?
Posted by gorb 2007-03-19 01:29||   2007-03-19 01:29|| Front Page Top

#4 gorb, I believe that was the original "Vacation". I didn't see the sequels. For its genre - fairly heavy-handed farce built around the peculiar humor of Chevy Chase - it was pretty good.

I suppose all kinds of allusions to "Weekend at Bernie's" would also be appropriate here ....
Posted by Verlaine 2007-03-19 02:00||   2007-03-19 02:00|| Front Page Top

#5 Problem is Rigor Mortis starts setting in at 3 hours, and gets stiffer as time goes on.

There is also the issue of bodily fuilds bein released and possible biohazards, not to metion pooling of the blood in some body regions depending on the position of the body, and that could leak as well as putresence comes to the fore in the blood-rich areas that may occur next to the very thin skin in the elderly (buttocks, hips, etc).

They would have been better off putting her into a body bag and placing her in the cargo area.

Sitting in first she was a health hazard - and it was disrepectful for them to leave a corpse on display for that long - both to the deceased, and those around.
Posted by OldSpook 2007-03-19 02:13||   2007-03-19 02:13|| Front Page Top

#6 Can they even get into the cargo areas from inside the airplane? I've never heard of it being done except in Steven Segal movies and the like. :-)
Posted by gorb 2007-03-19 02:17||   2007-03-19 02:17|| Front Page Top

#7 Can they even get into the cargo areas from inside the airplane? I've never heard of it being done except in Steven Segal movies and the like. :-)

On a 747, the answer is yes. What OldSpook said. The crew and the airlines are idiots. Tell the daughter to STFU, she can do her ritual wailing later. Jesus.
Posted by Chiper Threreger8956 2007-03-19 03:05||   2007-03-19 03:05|| Front Page Top

#8 Absolutely well spoken, Old Spook and for all the right reasons. What if the individual in question had succumbed to ebola virus? I'm sure we agree.
Posted by Zenster">Zenster  2007-03-19 03:50||   2007-03-19 03:50|| Front Page Top

#9 Never mind ebola -- what if she had bird flu, or chicken pox? For that matter, it's simply rude to impose one's grief on strangers as her adult children did. I'm sure the flight staff have tranquilizers on board for use when passengers are incapable of calming themselves. Suppose the entirety of the passengers had gotten hysterical in response to the wailing?
Posted by trailing wife 2007-03-19 07:28||   2007-03-19 07:28|| Front Page Top

#10 Should have gotten the Wailing Daughter Several Stiff Whiskeys, that would solve the wailing (Until she wakes up)
Posted by Redneck Jim 2007-03-19 08:05||   2007-03-19 08:05|| Front Page Top

#11 Problem is Rigor Mortis starts setting in at 3 hours, and gets stiffer as time goes on.

Ah, yes, the rigors of air travel.

[ducks]
Posted by Mike 2007-03-19 09:11||   2007-03-19 09:11|| Front Page Top

#12 Some people will do ANYTHING to upgrade to 1st Class.
Posted by Mac 2007-03-19 10:33||   2007-03-19 10:33|| Front Page Top

#13 Well those of us who fly BA regularly already know that's the ONLY way your'e going to get an upgrade.
Posted by mcsegeek1 2007-03-19 11:00||   2007-03-19 11:00|| Front Page Top

#14 I quit flying BA in 92 when I went from Vancouver to London. The plane seating was so packed tight that there was no room for knees (sardine effect). There was no way we were going to get out of that cabin in an emergency.
Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul  2007-03-19 12:21||   2007-03-19 12:21|| Front Page Top

#15 Yes sir, it's second door on the left just after row 39, then a prompt right at as you approach the Corpse Cupboard? That's right, no worries, it's unoccupied, but we've just leveled off and the evening is young.
Posted by Besoeker 2007-03-19 12:50||   2007-03-19 12:50|| Front Page Top

#16 Why am I flashing on Airplane the movie. I see a long line of passengers each waiting to slap that daughter.
Posted by AlanC">AlanC  2007-03-19 15:31||   2007-03-19 15:31|| Front Page Top

#17 i'll be damned i feel more sorry for the man they put the stiff next too
Posted by sinse 2007-03-19 15:34||   2007-03-19 15:34|| Front Page Top

#18 how bout putting the stiff in a parachute and letting her float back to earth, soin she won't bonk anyone too hard on Tera firma.
Posted by RD 2007-03-19 18:45||   2007-03-19 18:45|| Front Page Top

#19 I had a friend of mine from up north that had cancer. Tried everything, no joy. So he and his wife went down to Mexico for some treatment as a last ditch effort. Was not getting anywhere, so he told his wife, "let's just go home." So they got on the Alaska Airlines jet and headed back north. He did not feel good, so he went to the bathroom. And there he died. The flight attendant noticed that the bathroom was occupied for a long time, so she tried to make contact, but no response. Got a crew member and they checked and found him deceased. So they left him in the bathroom till they landed in Seattle. Quiet, discreet, took care of the passengers in a sad situation.
Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul  2007-03-19 21:43||   2007-03-19 21:43|| Front Page Top

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