Don't Fly Continental Airlines- Page 2

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 6/18/09 at 12:47pm

Seemingly healthy people drop dead all of the time.

I had a friend who was just sitting there talking, then grabbed her head, saying, "Ouch" like she had a headache, and just keeled over, dead.

It happpens.

[Eris0303]

Posted: 6/18/09 at 12:53pm

Sounds like you friend had an aneurysm. People can have an aneurysm for years without it being detected and then it'll burst one day. Death is pretty much instanteous.

I hadn't even considered the possibility of an aneurysm. With the age of the pilot my first thought was heart attack.

btw the plane touched down in Newark about 75 minutes ago.

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 6/18/09 at 3:23pm

Usually, I like the BBC. Sometimes, I love the BBC:

An aviation expert told the BBC it was "very rare" for pilots to die while at the controls on an airborne plane.

REALLY?!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8107838.stm

[Schmerg_The_Impaler]

Posted: 6/18/09 at 3:31pm

Ah, I assumed that 'natural causes' meant that there was no sudden heart attack or stroke or aneurism... I always thought it meant a fatal illness had run its course.

[Eris0303]

Posted: 6/18/09 at 4:15pm

Natural causes means it wasn't murder, suicide, or drug related. Nothing outside the body or "unnatural" caused the death.

If he had a terminal illness he would not be flying that plane. "What? You're in the last stages of cancer and could die at any time? Sure, you can fly a plane across an ocean!" Yeah, that's a lawsuit right there.

ETA: When someone dies of a terminal illness cause of death is usually listed as "complications related to cancer" or whatever it is.

Updated On: 6/18/09 at 04:15 PM