A passenger aboard a Lufthansa flight from Thailand to Germany died on Thursday, after his fellow passengers watched in horror as blood gushed from his mouth and nose.
The unidentified 63-year-old German was seen boarding the Airbus A380 in Bangkok shortly before midnight, visibly ill, in “cold sweats” and “breathing too fast,” Karin Missfelder told Swiss German media Blick.
At first, he said, his wife claimed they had to rush to catch the flight, which was why he wasn’t feeling well.
But after observing the man for a few moments, Missfelder, who is a nursing specialist at Zurich University Hospital, said he informed a flight attendant that he needed to be examined by a doctor.
A young Polish man answered the call, but reportedly only asked him how he was feeling, took his pulse, and said he was fine.
“They gave him some chamomile tea, but he already spit blood into the bag his wife handed him,” said Martin, Missfelder’s husband.
Soon, blood started coming out of his mouth and nose.
“It was absolute horror, everyone was screaming,” Martin said.
The unidentified 63-year-old German was seen boarding the Airbus visibly ill, in “cold sweats” and “breathing too fast.” Martin and Karin Missfelder via BLICK
He stated that the man lost liters of blood, some of which splattered on the walls of the plane.
For about half an hour afterward, flight attendants tried to perform CPR, even when the nurse said she knew it was useless.
When he finally stood still and the captain announced the man’s death, “there was absolute silence on board,” he said.
Staff then carried the man’s body to the galley of the plane as it turned around and headed back to Thailand.
“They gave him some chamomile tea, but he already spit blood into the bag his wife handed him,” said a passenger. Martin and Karin Missfelder via BLICK
Flight data shows it left Bangkok at 11:50 p.m. on Thursday and landed back in Thailand at 8:28 a.m. on Friday.
There, passengers said they had to wait two hours without any guidance from Lufthansa before they were finally booked on another flight to Germany, with a stopover in Hong Kong.
But the worst thing for Missfelder was that now the man’s wife had to go through customs alone.
Flight attendants attempted to perform CPR on the man. Martin and Karin Missfelder via BLICK
He said he regrets not trying to help.
“I should have intervened, but I saw that a doctor was treating him, so I didn’t want to get involved,” he said, noting that “the man looked so bad, I don’t understand why the captain left.” .”
The Post has contacted Lufthansa for comment.
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Source: vtt.edu.vn