Originally Posted by TravellingChris

So you think the CBC is blowing the situation out of proportion? A situation in which a passenger actually died?
The concern that is being raised by the news story is a perfectly valid--and very distressing--one. If the airline had diverted the flight and the passenger had been rushed to the nearest hospital and had still died, at least it could be said that everything possible had been done to save the passenger's life. The fact that the pilots made the decision not to divert, to continue the flight as scheduled, and the passenger subsequently died, is what appears so damning. Everything possible was NOT done to save the individual's life.