Narrative:

Passenger in coach had trouble breathing. Flight attendants administered oxygen and paged for a doctor. Doctor monitored passenger. Landed in boston on a declared emergency. Passenger was taken off by paramedic and taken to hospital. We (the crew) found out the next day that passenger died en route to hospital. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the flight attendant stated that the passenger looked 'gray and ill' upon boarding the aircraft at sdq. So much so that the boarding attendants looked at one another and asked themselves 'how long it would be before the gentleman needed some oxygen.' after he was seated, the flight attendant gave him some water. There were many children aboard, about 60% of the load. This man was traveling with 2 children around 10 yrs of age or less. He was their grandfather. When ill later the doctor came to help as he had been sitting in front of the subject passenger. The reporter was not certain how long a period it was after the illness became evident with the use of oxygen and the time left to fly to bos. The whole crew was based there. She surmised that the purser, when in the cockpit, had conversed with the PIC about the cabin situation. She believed that the purser felt that there was not a sense of urgency until near bos. The passenger never lost consciousness. The general consensus was that he was not in immediate danger. He aspirated on the jetway after deplaning and died later.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN A300 FLT LANDS AT ITS DEST ARPT, AFTER HAVING DECLARED A MEDICAL EMER FOR AN ILL PAX. THAT PAX DIED ENRTE TO THE HOSPITAL IN BOS, MA.

Narrative: PAX IN COACH HAD TROUBLE BREATHING. FLT ATTENDANTS ADMINISTERED OXYGEN AND PAGED FOR A DOCTOR. DOCTOR MONITORED PAX. LANDED IN BOSTON ON A DECLARED EMER. PAX WAS TAKEN OFF BY PARAMEDIC AND TAKEN TO HOSPITAL. WE (THE CREW) FOUND OUT THE NEXT DAY THAT PAX DIED ENRTE TO HOSPITAL. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE FLT ATTENDANT STATED THAT THE PAX LOOKED 'GRAY AND ILL' UPON BOARDING THE ACFT AT SDQ. SO MUCH SO THAT THE BOARDING ATTENDANTS LOOKED AT ONE ANOTHER AND ASKED THEMSELVES 'HOW LONG IT WOULD BE BEFORE THE GENTLEMAN NEEDED SOME OXYGEN.' AFTER HE WAS SEATED, THE FLT ATTENDANT GAVE HIM SOME WATER. THERE WERE MANY CHILDREN ABOARD, ABOUT 60% OF THE LOAD. THIS MAN WAS TRAVELING WITH 2 CHILDREN AROUND 10 YRS OF AGE OR LESS. HE WAS THEIR GRANDFATHER. WHEN ILL LATER THE DOCTOR CAME TO HELP AS HE HAD BEEN SITTING IN FRONT OF THE SUBJECT PAX. THE RPTR WAS NOT CERTAIN HOW LONG A PERIOD IT WAS AFTER THE ILLNESS BECAME EVIDENT WITH THE USE OF OXYGEN AND THE TIME LEFT TO FLY TO BOS. THE WHOLE CREW WAS BASED THERE. SHE SURMISED THAT THE PURSER, WHEN IN THE COCKPIT, HAD CONVERSED WITH THE PIC ABOUT THE CABIN SIT. SHE BELIEVED THAT THE PURSER FELT THAT THERE WAS NOT A SENSE OF URGENCY UNTIL NEAR BOS. THE PAX NEVER LOST CONSCIOUSNESS. THE GENERAL CONSENSUS WAS THAT HE WAS NOT IN IMMEDIATE DANGER. HE ASPIRATED ON THE JETWAY AFTER DEPLANING AND DIED LATER.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.