A Turkish Airlines flight headed to San Francisco made an unexpected stop in Chicago after a passenger suffered a medical emergency and died onboard. Now, the body appears to be missing and no one’s offering much of an explanation.
Flight 79 took off from Istanbul on July 13 and was flying over Greenland when the situation unfolded. The crew initially considered diverting to Iceland, but after the passenger passed away midair, they opted to continue toward North America instead.
The plane landed at Chicago O’Hare, where the passenger’s body was reportedly offloaded. That should’ve been the start of a standard protocol involving local authorities and medical examiners. Instead, things seem to have stalled out.
The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office, which would typically receive and process remains from an incident like this, told SFGATE it has no record of a body matching the flight. The airline hasn’t shared any identifying details or a cause of death, only confirming it was a medical issue.
A Turkish Airlines representative said that the rest of the passengers were rerouted to their final destination and that the deceased was meant to be transported separately. Whether that actually happened is unclear.
What’s left is a lot of unanswered questions. No one has publicly confirmed where the body is, who last had possession of it, or if it ever arrived in California as intended.
Turkish Airlines has not released a public statement.
While in-flight medical emergencies do happen, the disappearance of a passenger’s remains after landing at a major U.S. airport is far from routine. The silence surrounding the situation has only added to the confusion—and concern.
Source:: Life – Fitness – mensjournal
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