Airlines to tackle medical crises

Frequent mid-flight medical emergencies in the recent past, including the latest ones on Wednesday and Friday, have prompted foreign and Indian airlines to arrive at a consensus to evolve a standard operating procedure (SOP) whenever such emergencies arise in future.
A meeting of airline officials held on Friday resolved to chalk out a policy on the SOP during medical emergencies.
On Saturday last, a British Airways and Air India flight landed in Mumbai with a passenger each who had passed away following a medical emergency on their respective flights (reported in DNA on Sunday).
R Sharma (78) and Panna Marfatia (58) on flights into Mumbai from Durban and London respectively, died of cardiac arrest on board.
11/11/06 Daily News & Analysis

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