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Woman refused help by flight attendant dies

An American Airlines passenger collapsed and died on a flight returning her home to New York from Haiti. Carine Desir, who was travelling with her cousin and brother, complained of not feeling well and being thirsty after she ate her in-flight meal. A few minutes later Desir started having trouble breathing and requested oxygen from the flight attendant. The attendant refused her request twice until Desir become extremely distressed and shouted out, “Don’t let me die!". At that point the attendant attempted to administer oxygen from two different tanks, but both were empty. Two doctors and two nurses on the flight attempted to administer CPR but had no success. Desir’s cousin claims something that could have possibly been a difibrillator was also used, but that it did not function correctly either. The flight was diverted to Miami, but she died enroute.

Desir was pronounced dead by one of the doctors onboard, and the flight continued on to New York. A spokeswoman for American Airlines wouldn’t comment on claims of faulty equipment.