“It is apparent the passenger wrongly acknowledged this requirement,” United said.
Other passengers said the man was seen shaking and sweating and had a hard time breathing before the flight took off, the Daily Mail reported Sunday.
After takeoff, his condition grew worse and after an hour he stopped breathing, the report said, prompting the captain to bring the plane back down to the ground as soon as possible.
When the crew asked if there were any doctors on board, Tony Aldapa was among a number of people who came forward and helped perform CPR.
He told the paper “there was no mouth-to-mouth at all. We were doing chest compressions and they had him on the oxygen mask from the plane.”
Chaotic Scenes After Passenger With COVID Dies Onboard a United Airlines Flight Published December 20th, 2020 - 12:45 GMT (Shutterstock)
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Tony Aldapa was one of the passengers on board who helped perform CPR on the man.
Passengers who were onboard a United Airlines flight from Orlando to Los Angeles during which a man died from coronavirus have shared photographs that depict the utter chaos on board.
Panicked passengers sitting in various parts of the crowded cabin took photos as the drama unfolded before them which saw paramedics attempt to revive the passenger who was pronounced dead shortly after an emergency landing in New Orleans.
CDC looks into death of man on United flight from Florida
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United Airlines has given information about other passengers to federal health officials after a man who possibly had coronavirus-like symptoms died shortly after being on a flight, the airline said Friday.
The coast-to-coast flight took off Monday from Orlando and was diverted to New Orleans because the man experienced a medical emergency on board.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention asked United for the passenger manifest so other passengers can be told that they might have been exposed to a disease, spokesman Charles Hobart said. The passenger had filled out a form before the flight saying he had not tested positive for COVID-19 and had no symptoms of the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, according to the airline.
A man who tested positive for COVID-19 died on a United Airlines flight Monday
Photos show CPR trained individuals who were onboard deciding to help after the man was unable to breathe
United 591 from Orlando, Florida bound for Los Angeles diverted to New Orleans 90 minutes into the flight
Since the incident happened, it has been confirmed by United and the CDC the man who died had coronavirus
Passengers tweeted they saw the man having difficulty breathing before takeoff from Orlando
United also say they believe man lied at check-in when asked if he had any COVID symptoms
Panicked passengers sitting in various parts of the crowded cabin took photos as the drama unfolded before them which saw paramedics attempt to revive the passenger who was pronounced dead shortly after an emergency landing in New Orleans.