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

Z.
 
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........:D

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
 
"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.
 
You guys are unreal! Have a little compassion and respect...regardless whether or not it happens all the time, it's a shame and it's sad. Looks like this forum has gone down the tubes since I last posted here. Bummer.
 
Amish-

I am not sure if that is the story the Myth Busters were referring too. They bought a lav from an actual plane and set it up, and then made a mold of a giant butt, and tried to get it stuck.

They were never able to get it to stuck to the seat so they said it was BUSTED.
 
DL Pax Died Of Heart Abnormality

Autopsy: Delta passenger died of heart abnormality


Thursday, July 31, 2008


(07-31) 10:04 PDT Decatur, Ga. (AP) --
Officials in Georgia say a 61-year-old woman whose body was found in the restroom of a plane died from a heart abnormality.
Medical examiners say Michaele O'Neil Carnahan of Ventura, Calif., had a pre-existing heart condition. The autopsy was completed Thursday.
Medical examiners say Carnahan was undergoing evaluation by her personal physician for suspected heart problems.
Carnahan's body was found in the restroom shortly before the Delta flight to Atlanta from Los Angeles landed Wednesday.
 
Amish-

I am not sure if that is the story the Myth Busters were referring too. They bought a lav from an actual plane and set it up, and then made a mold of a giant butt, and tried to get it stuck.

They were never able to get it to stuck to the seat so they said it was BUSTED.

Didn't they get the plane on a treadmill to take off too?
 

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