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Death on Airplanes: How Do Flight Crews Handle a Death Onboard?

26 min • 24 mars 2025

In-flight medical emergencies occur about once every 604 flights, with a mortality rate of 0.3% of those incidents. While extremely rare, if someone dies, specification actions must be taken. So what happens when a plane passenger dies during a flight? Or even the pilot? We investigate.

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Elyse Willems

Jessica Vasami

Music by Casey Edwards - @ComposerCasey

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