empty oxygen tank leaves military man dead

'Isn't that a check item for the FA's before flight? I can recall a few times flights being delayed due to the fact that the seal on the first aid kits were busted. I file reports every day concerning pax that need O2, and our F/As ALWAYS administer it, no matter how minor the health issue may seem.

At my airline not having a portable O2 container at 100% is good enough reason for not dispatching a plane. As a guide, a 737 has 4 POBs, and given the larger capacity of an A300, I'd expect more than 4 being required, so there should have been others to try. Flightaware shows it as an A300, and while I don't know the specific number of portable oxygen bottles (POBs) required to be usuable, it's definitely more than two reportedly tried. I smell something very fishy here and we are only getting one side here 'Roger that. Extra (or supplemental O2) is found in POBs (portable oxygeb bottles). It is mandatory to have on board-(why do you expect so little if you need help? they have you up in the air and people can experience various types of problems breathing-perhaps that even the passenger was unaware of having before the flight) read a few of these posts: from the posts here it sounds like defibulators are mandatory as is supplemental bottles of oxygen 'Defibs are. A 'box,' possibly a defibrillator, also was applied but didn't function effectively, he said.snip Read more: Desir was put on the floor, and a nurse tried CPR, to no avail, Oliver said. Two doctors and two nurses were aboard and tried to administer oxygen from a second tank, which also was empty, Oliver said. Other passengers aboard Flight 896 became agitated over the situation, he said, and the flight attendant, apparently after phone consultation with the cockpit, tried to administer oxygen from a portable tank and mask, but the tank was empty.

After the flight attendant refused to administer oxygen to Desir, she became distressed, pleading, 'Don't let me die,' Oliver recalled.

Desir, who had heart disease, died of natural causes, medical examiner's office spokeswoman Ellen Borakove said Sunday.snip A few minutes later, Desir said she was having trouble breathing and asked for oxygen, but a flight attendant twice refused her request, Oliver said Sunday in a telephone interview. Source: Associated Press Relative Complains After Death on Flight By RICHARD PYLE, Associated Press Writer Sunday, Febru(02-24) 19:15 PST NEW YORK, (AP) - An American Airlines passenger died after a flight attendant told her he couldn't give her any oxygen and then tried to help her with faulty equipment, including an empty oxygen tank, a relative said.

Empty oxygen tank leaves military man dead