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Offline Hollis

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Another in-flight death
« on: June 22, 2009, 12:38:17 PM »
The death of a passenger forced an Air France flight to make an emergency stop in St. John's early Monday morning.

The plane was travelling from Montreal to Paris when a 41-year-old passenger became sick and died. The plane made its emergency landing at about 2 a.m.

The man's body was taken to the Health Sciences Centre in St. John's for an investigation by the province's medical examiner. The plane then resumed its flight to Paris.

The name and nationality of the man have not been released.

From CBC Canada
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I believe this would be Air France Flt. AFR341



Offline CYUL

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Re: Another in-flight death
« Reply #1 on: June 24, 2009, 08:50:06 PM »
Some more info on this incident:

CADORS Number: 2009A0488
Date: 2009/06/22
Further Action Required: Yes 
O.P.I.: Aviation Enforcement
Narrative: AFR341, Airbus A340-300, enroute from Montreal (CYUL) to Paris (LFPG), declared a medical emergency and requested to divert to St. John’s (CYYT) with an ambulance waiting. The aircraft was cleared direct to St. John’s via right turn at 33,000 ft. Upon VHF contact, the pilot advised they were conducting a fuel dump without an ATC clearance. Traffic ELY002 was re-cleared to avoid the fuel dump area. The pilot was subsequently instructed to advise when a second fuel dump was to begin, pilot did not comply and only advised when the fuel dump was completed. There was no known traffic in the area. The aircraft landed at 04:14Z. TSB Evaluating.