A woman believes her father might still be alive if Air Canada had diverted the 16-hour flight the couple was on when the elderly man began suffering a medical emergency.
Shanu Pande said she should have “banged the cockpit,” to demand the flight crew land the plane from India to Canada when her 83-year-old father began experiencing chest and back pain, vomiting and uncontrollable bowel movements, according to the CBC .
“He was deteriorating before my eyes,” Pande said of his father Harish Pant, who flew to Canada after achieving permanent residency.
About seven hours after taking off from Delhi in September, the elderly man began experiencing medical problems, prompting Pande to ask the cabin crew to land the plane somewhere in Europe so he could go to a hospital, the outlet reported.
But the crew refused the request, he claims, and the plane was in the air for another nine hours before landing in Montreal, its planned destination.
Paramedics treated him there, but he died at the hospital of a “presumed infarction,” which is dead heart tissue.
Grieving daughter upset Air Canada did not divert plane when father started having problems. Shanu Pandey
“I should have hit the cockpit,” he told the CBC. “Why did he have to suffer like that?”
He also told Business Insider that the crew failed to help his father during the flight when they didn’t give him medication or monitor his blood pressure.
Air Canada vehemently denies Pande’s version of events.
Air Canada told People that it extends its “deepest sympathies” to the family, but “rejects any allegation that it is responsible for the customer’s death.”
The 83-year-old man died after the plane landed in Canada. Shanu Pandey
“We can confirm that throughout the flight in question, the Air Canada crew correctly followed procedures to deal with medical incidents on board and provided ongoing care for the passenger, including relocating him to the business cabin so he could fully recline,” the airline said, adding . in consultation with ground-to-air medical personnel, diversion is not recommended.
“The individual was conscious on arrival, where we arranged for paramedics to meet the aircraft,” the airline said. “Unfortunately, shortly after arrival, the passenger died while being treated by paramedics.”
Air Canada defended itself against the allegations. Reuters
After his loved one died, Pande told Business Insider that the crew tried to comfort him, but he wasn’t interested in their sympathy.
“I told them to stay away from me,” Pande told the outlet.
“I said, ‘You said this wasn’t a life-threatening emergency … but look what you’ve done to my dad.'”
He is reportedly pursuing legal action against Air Canada.
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