Azul left body in airplane seat for 10 hours, subject to investigation

Recently, an unfortunate incident occurred on a flight between Fort Lauderdale and Belo Horizonte in which a business class passenger died mid-flight. According to the passenger’s doctor, the woman who died suddenly became ill on the plane and died of natural causes.

Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras immediately issued a statement regarding the death.

“Unfortunately, she did not survive and was pronounced dead during the flight by the onboard doctor.”

AD8733

Operated by one of the airline’s five Airbus A330neos, the aircraft flew from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL), Florida, to Belo Horizonte/Confins Tancredo Neves International Airport (CNF) on Monday, November 6th. ) was operated as flight AD8733. The flight was scheduled to depart Fort Lauderdale at 9:15 p.m., but was postponed five minutes to 9:20 p.m.

The flight lasted 7 hours and 41 minutes, heading southeast at a cruising altitude of 39,000 feet. The exact time the passenger died is unknown.

The plane landed in Belo Horizonte on November 7 at 7:00 a.m., 20 minutes earlier than its scheduled arrival time of 7:20 a.m. The woman remained in her seat until checked by airport staff and medical professionals, the report said. Her body was then placed in her hearse, according to a statement from the Minas Gerais civil police obtained by the Mirror.

“As soon as we learned the facts, we requested a hearse to be present at Confin Airport to transport the body to the Medical and Legal Research Institute.”

The cause of death is unknown, and an autopsy will be performed soon. Simple Flying would like to extend its condolences to the family and friends affected by the passing of the passenger.

PR-AIW

Azul was fielding an A330-200 on a PR-AIW-registered flight with serial number 462. The aircraft made its first test flight on February 19, 2002, and has lived a colorful life during its 21 years of operation. to data from the air fleet. First delivered to Emirates Airlines on 12 March 2002, with the A6-EAL registration he operated for over 10 years. After completing his stint with the Dubai-based airline, the aircraft was sent to Sichuan Airlines, where he was registered as B-5907 and flew for over two years.

The aircraft arrived at Azur in December 2014 and has been operating there ever since. The plane, which has 20 seats in business class and 251 seats in economy class, is powered by two Rolls Royce Trent 772B-60 engines.

Read more: Where Azul Linhas Aéreas will fly the Airbus A330neo this year.

Photo: Airbus

AD8730

After the passenger’s body was removed from the aircraft, data from Flightradar24.com shows that the flight was able to operate with only minor delays. Flight AD8730 from Belo Horizonte to Orlando International Airport (MCO) departed at 11:57 a.m., two and a half hours late from its scheduled departure time of 9:30 a.m.

The flight took just over eight hours and landed in Orlando at 6:09 p.m., one hour and 40 minutes later than the scheduled arrival time of 4:30 p.m. The aircraft then had enough time on the ground at his MCO that the corresponding flight was only 30 minutes late to the next departing flight AD8731.

source: mirror, air fleet