A 44-year-old woman died while on an American Airlines flight from Haiti to New York on Friday. Her relatives say that the woman, Carine Desir, complained of difficulty breathing, and pleaded with the flight attendants for oxygen but was initially refused. Finally, after consulting with the cockpit, the flight attendant reportedly brought the woman two different oxygen tanks. Both were empty.
The woman collapsed, and a nurse on the flight tried to resuscitate her, but was unsuccessful. The woman’s cousin, accompanying her on the flight, said, “I cannot believe what is happening on the plane. She cannot get up, and nothing on the plane works.”
A spokesperson for American Airlines had no comment on the charges that the plane’s oxygen cannisters were empty.
After the woman died, her body was placed on the floor of the first class area and a sheet was laid over her.
That’s about the only way I’ll ever be able to fly first class.