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Airplane passenger who sat in one seat for two hours died due to blood clots
Airplane passenger who sat in one seat for two hours died due to blood clot
An airplane passenger suffered a blocked artery after sitting in one seat for two hours.
A passenger on a plane who had been sitting in one seat for two hours suffered a pulmonary artery blockage due to a blood clot. The man did not survive, the Dim Sum Daily portal reported.
It turned out that the incident occurred on October 14 on a flight of an unnamed airline in China. The 40-year-old traveler, who remained motionless throughout the flight, suddenly stood up after landing and began removing things from the overhead compartment. According to preliminary data, this led to a pulmonary embolism.
Li Wei, director of the intensive care unit at Fujian University Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, said the seating arrangement in economy class could pose a risk to passengers. He said sitting still for long periods in such a confined space could impede blood flow and cause blood clots.
A similar situation occurred on a flight from London to Adelaide, Australia, in January last year. A passenger slept through most of the 20-hour flight and was hospitalized with a 4-cm blood clot.