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An airplane passenger who sat in a seat for two hours did not survive due to a blood clot.
An airplane passenger suffered a blocked artery after sitting in one place for two hours.
An airplane passenger who had been sitting in one place for two hours had a pulmonary artery blocked by a blood clot. The man did not survive, the portal Dim Sum Daily reported.
It turned out that the incident occurred on October 14 on an unnamed airline flight in China. The 40-year-old traveler, who had remained motionless throughout the flight, suddenly stood up after landing and began to take things from the overhead luggage compartment. According to preliminary information, this led to a pulmonary embolism.
Li Wei, head 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. Prolonged immobility in a confined space could impede blood flow and cause blood clots, he said.
A similar situation occurred in January last year on a flight from London to Adelaide (Australia). The passenger slept for most of the 20-hour flight and was hospitalized with a four-centimeter blood clot.