U.S.- A passenger died on a plane at Covid-19 United Airlines, that caused panic between passages who came to help him, without success, because the man died.
although the passenger was already showing signs to be infected with coronavirus, He boarded the plane with his wife, who, according to TMZ, was bound for Los Angeles, California, along with 200 other passages.
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When he saw the difficulties he was going through the man, several passengers attempted to rescue him by performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation, but all efforts were in vain.
However, when the situation gets complicated during the flightthe pilot was forced to make an emergency landing in New Orleans, Louisiana.
It was later learned that his wife had informed other travelers that the man was showing symptoms COVID-19 since last week, loss of taste and smell and high fever.
Because of this incident, the airline felt it necessary to notify the Center for Disease Control (CDC) of the list of other passengers so that they could be informed of exposure to the virus.
Likewise, crew members who traveled on the same plane as the victim, they were quarantined when they arrived in Los Angeles, the airline reported.
“Our flight was diverted to New Orleans due to a medical emergency and paramedics took the passenger to a local hospital where the person was declared dead. We have been in contact with his family and expressed our condolences for his loss.” United Airlines said in a statement. statement.
At the time of the diversion, we were told he had been in cardiac arrest so passengers had the option of catching a later flight or continuing with their travel plans
Now that the CDC has contacted us directly, we are sharing the requested information with the agency so that they can work with local health officials to approach any client the CDC believes may be at risk of potential exposure or infection, ”he added. to.
It should be noted that, the passengers who shared the flight the victim They expressed annoyance with the airline’s procedures, as the deceased had apparently lied on the health form.