Carrie Fisher suffers cardiac arrest on UA flight from LHR to LAX -- RIP 27 Dec 2016
Dec 23, 2016, 3:28 pm
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Carrie Fisher suffers cardiac arrest on UA flight from LHR to LAX -- RIP 27 Dec 2016
I assume this was UA 935.
Carrie Fisher suffered cardiac arrest. No word yet on her condition.
Was anyone on this flight?
http://6abc.com/entertainment/carrie...plane/1670744/
Carrie Fisher suffered cardiac arrest. No word yet on her condition.
Was anyone on this flight?
http://6abc.com/entertainment/carrie...plane/1670744/
Dec 23, 2016, 4:03 pm
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Actress Carrie Fisher is in critical condition after a 'cardiac episode' on flight from London to L.A.
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Dec 23, 2016, 5:39 pm
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Latest update per family, she is now in stable condition. Hope she is able to pull through 
Dec 23, 2016, 6:11 pm
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Dec 23, 2016, 7:13 pm
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Dec 23, 2016, 10:25 pm
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She's lucky it happened 15 minutes outside of LAX. I have been called for medical emergencies a few times over the years. (I am a physician). The supplies and medicines they have are useful for about 15-30 minutes but that is about it. If this happened over water, more than an hour outside of an airport with a medical center, she likely would not have survived.
Dec 23, 2016, 11:55 pm
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What are some of the events that happen in this type of situation?
Customs gets the name of the passenger from the airline and interviews them later? Customs exempts them?
Plane goes to the gate, not a remote stand?
This is a warning sign to me to travel before getting old (she wasn't old at about 60) and to not get stressed while traveling even though I almost never do. Good luck to her...
Customs gets the name of the passenger from the airline and interviews them later? Customs exempts them?
Plane goes to the gate, not a remote stand?
This is a warning sign to me to travel before getting old (she wasn't old at about 60) and to not get stressed while traveling even though I almost never do. Good luck to her...
Dec 24, 2016, 6:13 am
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She's lucky it happened 15 minutes outside of LAX. I have been called for medical emergencies a few times over the years. (I am a physician). The supplies and medicines they have are useful for about 15-30 minutes but that is about it. If this happened over water, more than an hour outside of an airport with a medical center, she likely would not have survived.
