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Old 01-25-2019, 08:20 AM
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Hawaiian Airlines flight diverted after flight attendant dies following medical emergency


HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A Hawaiian Airlines flight to New York was diverted to San Francisco on Thursday night after a medical emergency on board.

Sources told Hawaii News Now that a flight attendant died after suffering a medical emergency.

An online flight tracker shows Flight 50 left Honolulu at 4:20 p.m., and was re-routed to California.

Sources say crew members performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation for hours but could not revive the flight attendant, who reportedly had more than 30 years of service.

One passenger sent out a series of tweets saying flight attendants made an announcement calling for any doctors on board to help.
Another passenger told Hawaii News Now there was a doctor and at least one paramedic on the flight who did step in to assist. She said the experience was sad and very confusing for most of the passengers on board.

She also added that the passengers were not informed about what was taking place, only that an emergency had occurred. Once they landed in San Francisco, they were held on the runway for nearly two hours waiting on the coroner to arrive.
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Why did that take two hours and why did it have to be a coroner rather then an ambulance.
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Why did that take two hours and why did it have to be a coroner rather then an ambulance.
I don’t have a good answer for you but somehow somewhere the FA was declared deceased and paramedics aren’t allowed to move a dead body in certain jurisdictions. Hopefully someone with a deeper knowledge of this will chime in.
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Why did that take two hours and why did it have to be a coroner rather then an ambulance.
You do realize that Hawaii to the mainland is about 5.5 hours right? And there is nothing between the two?
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You do realize that Hawaii to the mainland is about 5.5 hours right? And there is nothing between the two?
If you read the article it states the aircraft was held on the ground for two hours waiting for a coroner. That’s the two hours he is referencing.
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RIP to the poor man. I'm sure this is very traumatic for his fellow crew members and pax who were witness to it.
(While you're bickering about bs.)
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If you read the article it states the aircraft was held on the ground for two hours waiting for a coroner. That’s the two hours he is referencing.
Probably has to do with local city or county ordnances if I had to guess.
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Old 01-28-2019, 05:40 AM
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I’ve read elsewhere that it has to do with cause of death.
Coroner has to make a preliminary statement as far as cause of death.
If it’s ruled a suspicious death then all on board are potentially suspect.
Don’t know if that’s all true but sounded plausible.
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Sigh....
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Coroner may not have been readily available...
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