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Woman Dies on 17-Hour-Long Flight as Police Called to 'Sudden Death'
Crew and doctors gave urgent assistance before the woman died, and investigators are examining the cause of the sudden death.
- On Tuesday, a passenger died on a Qantas flight traveling from New York to Auckland, New Zealand, with emergency services meeting the aircraft upon arrival.
- Qantas confirmed the death, stating "urgent assistance was provided by crew and doctors onboard but sadly they passed away," while investigations are underway on behalf of the coroner.
- International Air Transport Association guidelines dictate procedures for in-flight fatalities, specifying that bodies should be moved away from passengers and covered with a blanket if a body bag is unavailable.
- Fatalities on commercial flights remain extremely uncommon, according to New England Journal of Medicine research, though this incident follows a recent British Airways passenger death on a 14-hour flight from Hong Kong to London.
- Qantas has offered condolences to the passenger's family and confirmed that standard procedures were followed to support the crew and manage the response.
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