On Thursday, September 21, a flight from London to Nice, France, was the scene for an unfortunate event. A 73-year-old female passenger, originally thought to be sleeping, was found dead upon the plane’s landing.
As others collected their belongings after landing, the woman’s lack of movement caused concern among passengers. The flight crew acted quickly, calling for emergency intervention.
Despite immediate medical intervention by paramedics, the woman’s life could not be saved, and her death was declared at 10 p.m. While awaiting confirmation of the actual cause of death, speculation suggested a heart attack might have occurred mid-flight.
British Airways, confirming the incident, stated that one customer had tragically passed away during the journey. The airline made known that although such incidents are not common, deaths can occur mid-flight due to a variety of health complications. Policies and processes, they assured, are in place to manage such unfortunate incidences, providing respect to the dead and limiting interruption for the other travelers.
In a related incident, earlier in the year a young British man died on a flight from London to New York due to a fatal asthma attack.
