On 8 February, Lufthansa flight LH773 took off from Bangkok to prepare for a flight to Munich, but the passengers on board had to face a terrifying journey. An unnamed 63-year-old German man and his Filipino wife were on the flight and the plane left Bangkok at 23:50.
Shortly after the plane took off, the man's state became increasingly wrong. He was on the plane'I broke out in a cold sweat', to begin'Shortness of breath'。His wife told the flight crew that her husband was not feeling well because they were on a tight schedule at the Bangkok airport and had been running to get on the plane.
The man's condition did not attract the attention of the flight attendants, and the aircraft closed the hatch to prepare for takeoff.
Shortly after the plane took off, Martin Missfelder, a 53-year-old passenger from Zurich, Switzerland, and his wife noticed that the passenger's condition was getting more and more wrong.
The flight attendant asked about his condition and then announced on the plane that he needed the help of paramedics.
one"English is very poor"The 30-year-old Polish paramedics arrived, asked about the man's condition and took his pulse, and then said he didn't look like there was a problem.
The crew also provided him with chrysanthemum tea, hoping to relax him. But the man's situation was taking a turn for the worse.
He soon began to cough, coughing more and more violently, and his wife gave him a plastic bag to hold the vomit, and at that moment, the man was in a strand"Blood"From his mouth and nose, it was a rapid and turbulent spurt, splashing all over the walls of the Airbus A380.
Misfeld told the Swiss "blick":"It was absolute horror, everyone was screaming, that amount of blood, horror movies didn't dare to act like this. He also added that the man flowed out"A few liters of blood"Constantly covering the walls of the cabin. After the tragedy, the flight attendants acted quickly.
Misfield said crews carried out about half an hour of resuscitation, but apparently they were all non-professional and the man was lifeless. After the man's death, there was a dead silence on the plane, and people were stupefied by the situation in just one hour.
The man's body was carried into the kitchen. The flight attendant said: The plane is about to return and informed all passengers that one passenger died on the plane.
Misfield's wife blamed herself, saying that if the plane hadn't taken off at the time, everyone had done something, maybe the tragedy wouldn't have happened. The flight eventually made a U-turn and returned to Bangkok Airport. Many passengers complained that they waited on the tarmac for two hours, during which time there was no one to guide them to the plane, and they had to live with the corpses and the blood of the plane. Eventually, the passengers were rebooked to Hong Kong and then to Germany.
It was noted that the wife of the man who had the accident had been sitting there with a painful expression and had completed all the formalities. All the passengers were given only 10 francs in vouchers for this incident, without any apology from the airline.
A Lufthansa spokesperson told ** today that we have confirmed that on February 8, 2024, on flight LH773 (Airbus A380) from Bangkok to Munich, a passenger had a medical emergency.
Although the crew and the on-board doctor immediately took full first aid measures, the passenger died mid-flight. Flight 1After 5 hours, the crew decided to return to Bangkok, where the plane landed normally and safely. There, medical emergency services and instructions from the Thai authorities were complied with.
Since the flight has been cancelled, the passengers on that flight have been rebooked on another flight. We express our condolences to the relatives of the passengers who died. We also regret the inconvenience caused to passengers on this flight. Please understand that in the interest of privacy, we are generally unable to provide any further details in the event of a medical emergency.
It's a terrifying experience for anyone. Many netizens were dissatisfied with the airline for allowing the unwell man to continue to fly.
Someone asked: if he was visibly unwell, why was he allowed to board the plane? This also has an impact on all passengers. It was also said that the man died of stomach bleeding, and the process was very painful. Another medical staff said: It sounds like esophageal varices, I saw this situation once when I was **, and the patient was very painful. There are also concerns: for the sake of other passengers and crew, hopefully this is not a serious illness like Ebola. Someone asked: Are other passengers still dissatisfied with their own time? I was shocked that someone had died on the plane while they were still struggling with themselves and the issue of compensation.