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A man who performed CPR on the United Airlines passenger who died last week is now experiencing coronavirus-like symptoms.
Tony Aldapa, 32, is an intermediate care technician from Los Angeles. Last Monday, he was flying from Orlando to Los Angeles when a fellow passenger began experiencing a medical emergency mid-flight.
Aldapa was one of three passengers who stepped forward to help. They performed CPR on the man until the flight was able to make an emergency landing in New Orleans, where the man was pronounced dead.
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Updated: 8:47 AM CST Dec 23, 2020 By WESH.com A United Airlines passenger who collapsed on a flight from Orlando to Los Angeles died of the coronavirus, a coroner’s report confirms. United Flight 591 was on its way from Orlando to Los Angeles when it was diverted to New Orleans on Dec. 14. The airline said the man’s wife was overheard telling an emergency medical technician that he had shown symptoms of COVID-19, including loss of taste and smell.A spokesperson for the Jefferson Parish Coroner’s Office in Louisiana confirmed Tuesday that the cause of death for passenger Isaias Hernandez, 69, was acute respiratory failure secondary to COVID-19. United Airlines says it has given information about other passengers to federal health officials, so health officials can let other passengers know they may have been exposed. When he checked into the flight, the passenger acknowledged on the airline s Ready-to-Fly checklist that he had not been diagnosed with COV
United passenger on flight to LAX died of COVID-19, respiratory failure, coroner says
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LOS ANGELES (KABC) A United Airlines passenger who collapsed on a packed flight from Orlando to Los Angeles International Airport died of acute respiratory failure and COVID-19, a coroner s report confirms.
The report was released Monday by the Jefferson Parish Coroner s Office in Louisiana, and says the 69-year-old L.A. resident died at Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner at 9:09 p.m. Dec. 14.
United Flight 591 from Orlando to LAX was diverted during a medical emergency after a man suffered what was initially deemed a heart attack. The plane had to make an emergency landing in New Orleans.
United passenger on flight to LAX died of COVID-19, respiratory failure, coroner says
KABC
LOS ANGELES (KABC) A United Airlines passenger who collapsed on a packed flight from Orlando to Los Angeles International Airport died of acute respiratory failure and COVID-19, a coroner s report confirms.
The report was released Monday by the Jefferson Parish Coroner s Office in Louisiana, and says the 69-year-old L.A. resident died at Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner at 9:09 p.m. Dec. 14.
United Flight 591 from Orlando to LAX was diverted during a medical emergency after a man suffered what was initially deemed a heart attack. The plane had to make an emergency landing in New Orleans.