Originally Posted by
Typhoonpilot
I can tell you that I have taken a dying man from JFK to DXB once and I will never do it again. The man had doctor notes and clearances, but the flight was a nightmare. We were in almost constant contact with Medlink and had a couple of onboard doctors looking after him the whole way. It wasn't fair to the other passengers for that man to be on the airplane.
Commercial airliners are not meant for dying people to be riding on. If a person has a terminal illness they need to go back to their home country much earlier in the process or pay for a dedicated air ambulance.
Korean most likely did the right thing in this case.
Typhoonpilot
TP---
100% right, I agree. I've had it happen before, and it is a constant hassle with cabin crew & pax. Airlines
should be able to deny boarding to passengers who may not survive the trip.