No chance of waking up next to corpse, say TAP

Following the fracas caused by a passenger dying on a British Airways long-haul flight, national Portuguese airline TAP has said its flight attendants have all been trained under a pre-determined protocol in the event of an in-flight passenger death.
TAP flight crew are trained to immediately create in area of isolation around a passenger, should they die during a flight, a TAP spokesperson explained this week.
The interest in the Portuguese airlines procedure was sparked following the issuing of an apology to first-class passengers on a flight between Delhi and London, who were awoken to find that they had been joined by an elderly lady that had died in economy class after take-off in India.
According to TAP, their procedures under similar circumstances are case-dependant, though certain rules are always followed when a passenger dies.
When there is a death on board, we always attempt to preserve other passengers which entails the creation of an area of isolation around the deceased, TAP explained in a statement.
TAP officials also said they could not recall a case similar to the BA incident having occurred on any of its flights, though admitted to a number of people having died in the past on TAP flights.
24/03/07 Portugal News, Portugal

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Categories: Foreign Mar 2007, Safety Mar 2007