British Airways Leads the World in Flight Attendant Sudden Collapses and Deaths in 2023

An airline has been rocked by the sudden death of two flight attendants; one while on the plane and another in a hotel during a stopover. There were no reported underlying health issues for either flight attendant.

Dec. 23, 2023 (British Airways Flight BA184 EWR-LHR). A 52-year-old British Airways flight attendant was found dead in his hotel room in between flights. He failed to report for duty and his flight from Newark to London Heathrow was cancelled as a result.

Dec. 31, 2023 (British Airways Flight BA31 LHR-HKG). A 52-year-old British Airways flight attendant tragically collapsed as the busy 13-hour flight from London Heathrow to Hong Kong prepared to depart. Travelers were reportedly in their seats and the doors were locked when the flight attendant, who was not identified, crumpled to the floor in the back of the plane.

A passenger trained in first aid tried to save the man as the pilot urgently called for medics, but he died at the scene, the Sun reported.

“Sadly, despite the best efforts of our crew, a patient was pronounced dead at the scene,” London Ambulance Service said in a statement to Metro UK.

The flight was delayed until the following day with different pilots and crew in charge, the Sun reported.

May 20, 2023 – British Airways Flight BA886 flight attendant (stewardess) collapsed on flight from Heathrow, London to Bucharest, Romania, forcing captain to divert and land the plane in Budapest, Hungary.

A British Airways stewardess has collapsed during a flight from London to Romania, forcing the pilot to change course.

The ‘medical emergency’ – which took place during the 170-passenger Airbus A320 flight from Heathrow to Bucharest – forced the captain to stop in Budapest to seek critical care for the cabin-crew member.

The flight was then delayed for a further 21 hours as the stewardess was escorted to a hospital in the Hungarian capital by a fellow crew member.

BA confirmed that she was in full recovery, despite fears from staff that she was having a heart attack. A BA source told the Sun: “It seemed very serious at the time and the captain had no option but to divert.

She was quite a young woman and was clearly very unwell and a medical emergency was declared.

Another crew member went with her to hospital as soon as the plane landed but the delay meant that the limit on the number of hours staff had worked was exceeded.

The plane was unable to resume its journey and all passengers and crew were forced to overnight in Budapest.

Hundreds of passengers waiting for the plane in Bucharest for a return flight to Heathrow were also delayed by almost a whole day and also had to be found hotels for the night.

It’s caused an enormous amount of disruption for passengers left stranded.

But the wellbeing of the stewardess had to be put first in the circumstances.”

The airline has declined to reveal the identity of the sick woman as well as what caused her to collapse.

Other flight attendants who collapsed in past year:

June 21, 2023 – American Airlines flight attendant Carol Wright collapsed at the early stage of flight from Venice to Philadelphia International Airport (VCE-PHL). Her colleagues attempted to perform CPR. The pilots for the flight made the decision to declare an emergency and divert to Dublin Airport (DUB).

Dec. 21, 2022 – Air Albania flight attendant Greta Dyrmishi, age 24, died suddenly in-flight after plane landed in the UK. A post-mortem found that the 24-year-old had died from sudden adult death syndrome (SADS).

Pilot Deaths on Duty in 2023

Sep. 23, 2023 – Alaska Airlines – 37 year old Captain Eric McRae died suddenly in his hotel room during layover, was to fly that morning.

Aug. 17, 2023 – IndiGo Flight (NAG-PNQ) Nagpur to Pune, India, 40-year-old Pilot Manoj Subramanium died after collapsing at the boarding gate, about to board.

Aug. 16, 2023 – Qatar Airways Flight QR579 (DEL-DOH) Delhi to Doha, Qatar, 51-year-old pilot collapsed as a passenger inflight and died, plane diverted to Dubai.

Aug. 14, 2023 – LATAM Flight LA505 (MIA-SCL) Miami to Santiago, Chile – 2 hours into the 8hr flight, 56-year-old Captain Ivan Andaur collapsed and died in the lavatory – plane diverted to Panama City.

July 16, 2023 – Small plane – 2006 Piper Meridian, flying from Westchester NY, crashed at Martha’s Vineyard Airport after pilot had medical emergency upon final approach and passenger took control of the plane and attempted a landing. Pilot, 79-year-old Randolph Bonnist, died later in hospital.

June 4, 2023 – Small plane – Cessna Citation N611VG flying Tennessee to Long Island, fighter jets spotted pilot slumped over in cockpit unconscious, plane crashed and all onboard died.

May 3, 2023 – Air Transat and Air Canada Pilot Eddy Vorperian, age 48, died suddenly during layover in Croatia.

March 11, 2023 – British Airways (CAI-LHR) pilot died of heart attack in crew hotel in Cairo before a Cairo to London flight (name & age not released).

Military Pilot Incapacitations and Deaths

July 19, 2023 – 37-year-old US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Andrew James Lingenfelter, of Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio, died on July 19, 2023 after battle with pancreatic turbo cancer.

May 9, 2023 – United Airlines and US Air Force Pilot Lt. Col. Michael Fugett, age 46, died unexpectedly at his home.

Pilot Deaths (Not on Duty)

Dec. 5, 2023 – 30s-year-old Jose Espinal – El Salvador Pilot for Volaris (El Salvador), Air Jazeera Airways (Kuwait) and former VECA & TACA Airlines, died suddenly on Dec.5, 2023.

Nov. 16, 2023 – 37-year-old Air India Pilot Captain Himanil Kumar had cardiac arrest at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport during training.

Oct. 18, 2023 – 43-year-old Christian Zimmerebner, AUA Austrian Airlines Pilot and member of Dorfgastein mountain rescue, died suddenly on Oct.18, 2023 due to “serious illness”.

May 25, 2023 – Singapore Airlines Pilot – Capt Tan Joo Huat Colin: died (unexplained sudden death).

May 11, 2023 – Singapore Airlines Pilot – Capt Wee Loong: died (unexplained sudden death).

April 13, 2023 – Phil Thomas, graduate of Flight Training Pilot academy in Cadiz, Spain (FTEJerez) died suddenly.

March 17, 2023 – Westjet Pilot – 39 year old Benjamin Paul Vige died suddenly in Calgary.

Dec. 24, 2023 – Singapore Airlines Pilot – Captain Lee Meng Chye Martin died suddenly.

It is worth mentioning that most airlines forced all their employees to take the covid vaccination if they wanted to keep the job. Singapore Airlines was one of the first “fully vaccinated airline” in the world.

 

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January 9, 2024