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Passenger dies inflight between Mauritius and Istanbul

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A passenger on Turkish Airlines flight TK161 between Port Louis, Mauritius and Istanbul sadly passed away last night

Henri, one of the passengers sent his reaction to luchtzak.be. “At about 21:00, a passenger on our flight passed away, we were overflying Ethiopia at that time. The cabin crew and one or two doctors tried to reanimate him for one hour, yet without success.”

The Airbus A330 was only 300 to 400 km from Addis Ababa, Henri wonders why it wasn’t possible to divert to that airport.

Henri is still upset by the indifference on board: “A man dies, yet some passengers barely look up and continue to watch their movie on the inflight entertainment system … ”

Forum discussion: http://www.luchtzak.be/forums/viewtopic.php?p=354689#p354682

This post was published on 17 August 2017 15:13

Bart Noëth

Working for 25 years in the aviation industry, I changed my career and became a firefighter/EMT in 2021. I like to spend my free time with my two sons, girlfriend, family and friends. I love to travel, wine and dine and support my favourite football squad KV Mechelen. Once an Ironman 70.3 finisher and dreaming of completing a full distance.

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