What happens if someone dies on the plane?

This fact can make many people do not want to fly anywhere.

Suppose - just a hypothesis - you're a flight attendant serving on a flight at thousands of meters. However, at the same time, it was reported that a passenger had a heart attack and could not escape. What you will do?

This situation is in fact not uncommon. You know, every year there are more than 3 billion people flying by plane, while every second there are 2 people on Earth who die, so the proportion of people who happen to appear on the plane is not small.

This situation is in fact not uncommon.

But in short, how will airlines handle it?

Some people have said that the dead on the plane will be placed in the toilet, to avoid disturbing other passengers. However, this is actually an opinion, no one dares to do so.

According to the flight attendant training specialist of British Airways: "You are not allowed to put an unfortunate passenger to the toilet. It is an extremely disrespectful behavior for the deceased."

There is also another reason, which is that the body can later contract and carry the risk of being stuck on the toilet floor, especially during landing. And if that happens, you may have to cut off a part of the plane to remove the muscle.

So what to do. Experts said that all airlines in the world will simply choose a simple but somewhat . horror solution: resetting corpses into the seats inherent.

"Simply put, you'll put that person back in the seat. I've seen a passenger sit next to the deceased for hours. That experience is definitely not comfortable," she said.

Dead bodies will be seated again.(Illustration).

When the deceased is seated, the attendant usually puts a blanket on the victim's neck. If things happen in the first-class compartment (there are usually a few spaces left behind), the victim will be transferred down there, and the surrounding passengers will be notified of the event.

Some other ways of handling

In the past, flight attendants also had other remedies, including concealing with passengers participating in the flight. They will straighten up dead bodies, pretending they are drunk.

"Give them a few shots of vodka, a newspaper and a pair of sunglasses - that's what we used to do many years ago, to help them look like they're still fine. Now we don't do that anymore , " said one. member of Emirates airline said.

The attendant will act as if nothing has happened.

Some of today's aircraft, such as Airbus A340 - 500 models, have a dead body in the tail . It was a cupboard next to the emergency exit door, long enough to place a person with a stature body.

But overall, every time an unfortunate passenger dies, the crew always does everything possible to handle the situation in the most subtle and respectful way. If possible, the body will be placed in an empty row of seats, solemnly shrouded. There are things, that optimal case rarely occurs.