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milestogo

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12. Blunt force trauma to the head, neck, and torso.

Reply to No Vested Interest (Reply #2)

Wed Apr 18, 2018, 09:43 PM

Apr 2018

The nurse who did CPR on her said something to the effect that she was slammed face down onto the wing of the plane.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/retired-nurse-save-woman-died-southwest-flight/story?id=54549800

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Somewhat of a nit but.. [View all] marked50 Apr 2018 OP

I'm a little confused manor321 Apr 2018 #1

She didn't go through the window but the person in 1973 did. marked50 Apr 2018 #8

Does anyone here at DU know precisely what caused the woman's death? nt No Vested Interest Apr 2018 #2

I too am curious. Hassin Bin Sober Apr 2018 #4

I certainly can't say what the cause of death was marked50 Apr 2018 #7

Blunt force trauma to the head, neck, and torso. milestogo Apr 2018 #12

Two times in 45 years. Two times too many, of course Glorfindel Apr 2018 #3

No comparison in numbers of course, just expectations of safety I suppose.... marked50 Apr 2018 #10

Dont forget the Aloha Airlines 737 that decided to be a convertible mid flight. Hassin Bin Sober Apr 2018 #5

Amazing that those seats stayed attached and the seatbelts held... (nt) petronius Apr 2018 #11

That was absolutely incredible that there was only that fatality with such a massive marked50 Apr 2018 #13

I recall that incident. We had honeymooned in Hawaii just before that happened. CentralMass Apr 2018 #14

5 stops seems like a lot now a days. nt irisblue Apr 2018 #6

There was that incident in 1964. CentralMass Apr 2018 #9

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