Originally Posted by Phil the Flyer

I was on yesterday evening's BA155 LHR-CAI flight that diverted to Athens for a medical emergency.

Sadly a passenger in Economy passed away. As a result we spent the best part of four hours on the tarmac at Athens; most of the delay being attributable to locating and removing the luggage of the deceased passenger.

The flight eventually arrived in CAI at 0515hrs local time, five hours behind schedule.

While this incident was an unwelcome 'first' for me it set me wondering as to how frequent an occurrence passenger deaths on BA flights actually are. Any ideas?