SAD: Women Found dead on DAL Flight

[clr4theapch]

http://www.nbc5i.com/news/17035481/detail.html

ATLANTA -- A spokeswoman for Delta Air Lines said flight attendants found a woman's body in the restroom of a plane that landed in Atlanta.

Spokeswoman Keyra Johnson said the body was on Delta flight 950, which arrived from Los Angeles. She said the crew noticed the restroom was occupied on the final approach to the airport Wednesday morning.

Authorities have not determined the cause of death or released the passenger's name. Johnson said authorities met the plane at the gate.

 

[CaptJax]

DL: Body Of Woman, 61, Found in Plane Lav

Delta: Body of woman, 61, found in plane bathroom


By DORIE TURNER, Associated Press Writer
Wednesday, July 30, 2008


(07-30) 12:08 PDT ATLANTA (AP) --
Flight attendants discovered the body of a 61-year-old woman in the restroom of a plane shortly before the flight landed in Atlanta Wednesday morning, a spokeswoman for the airline said.
It was unclear how the woman died, and how long she was in the restroom.
The crew on the Los Angeles-to-Atlanta flight noticed the restroom was occupied on final approach, just before Flight 950 touched down at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport at 5:51 a.m., spokeswoman Keyra Johnson said. Atlanta police were notified and met the plane at the gate, Johnson said.
"Delta extends its condolences to the family and commends our flight crew and medical professionals onboard who handled this incident with the utmost professionalism and respect for which they are known," spokeswoman Betsy Talton wrote in an e-mail.
The body was taken to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Crime Lab in suburban Atlanta for an autopsy scheduled for Thursday, said GBI spokesman John Bankhead. Authorities were awaiting the results to determine the cause of death, Bankhead said.
The woman's name has not been released.
Atlanta police stationed at the airport respond to calls about dead bodies on airplanes a couple of times a year, said Officer Eric Schwartz, a police spokesman. Talton said the situation was rare, but flight crews are trained to handle "a number of situations on board."

 

[skiandsurf]

Delta: Body of woman, 61, found in plane bathroom

Its a sad story, but as Elvis showed us years ago, taking a crap can be fatal.

 

[Amish RakeFight]

Its a sad story, but as Elvis showed us years ago, taking a crap can be fatal.

Always minimize (or avoid as best possible) the use of the valsalva maneuver in general, especially while on the can. It puts a lot of pressure on your heart and circulatory system.

 

[Captzaahlie]

Always minimize (or avoid as best possible) the use of the valsalva maneuver in general, especially while on the can. It puts a lot of pressure on your heart and circulatory system.

Thanks Amish,
I'm going to carefully practice that right now....

Last but not least my condolences to the family whoever they were....

 

[SpauldingSmails]

That's a shame. Hopefully she went peacefully. Condolences to her loved ones.

 

[Whataburger]

Wasn't the General was it?

 

[General Lee]

Wasn't the General was it?

Huh? You sound drunk? Are you laying over in West Texas?

Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[Captzaahlie]

Always minimize (or avoid as best possible) the use of the valsalva maneuver in general, especially while on the can. It puts a lot of pressure on your heart and circulatory system.

I tried to use your wisdom as a signature quote Amish but it was more than 300 characters........

You just can't argue with advise like that........

Z.

 

[Whataburger]

Huh? You sound drunk? Are you laying over in West Texas?

Bye Bye--General Lee

You're alive!!
I probably smell drunk too. Nah, not in West Texas but some of our lucky crews are.

 

[Mach 80]

People die on airplanes all the time. Only difference is that this one died in the lav.

 

[Amish RakeFight]

I tried to use your wisdom as a signature quote Amish but it was more than 300 characters........

You just can't argue with advise like that........

Z.

I'll never forget sitting in some 101 (nutrition or psychology?) course in college years ago, while having the professor explain how dangerous it was to perform. Of course, the class burst out in laughter to hear such folly of a person dying on the bowl from grunting it out. Quickly following this laughter was a girl up in the lecture seating who exclaimed that it wasn't funny as she had an uncle die that way.

Believe me, since that day, I think about that possibility when ever I'm "backed up" and want some movement on the can. :erm:


On a related note, wasn't there some fat ass chick who sat down in the lav and flushed, effectively presssure-sealing her rump to the seat until they landed?

Oh the humility to hit that call button! :0

 

[OldManPilot]

Well at least Elvis has company in this catagory.

 

[Jetsetter]

"On a related note, wasn't there some fat ass chick who sat down in the lav and flushed, effectively presssure-sealing her rump to the seat until they landed?"


Myth Busters debunked that myth. It was rather amusing to watch.

 

[Amish RakeFight]

"On a related note, wasn't there some fat ass chick who sat down in the lav and flushed, effectively presssure-sealing her rump to the seat until they landed?"


Myth Busters debunked that myth. It was rather amusing to watch.

So it didn't actually take place?

I found some articles implicating SAS. Was this all fabricated?

http://www.allbusiness.com/operations/shipping-air-freight/105167-1.html