The air transport sector deals with more than 4 billion passengers annually around the world, and individual deaths on a plane may be very rare but they do occur, and this requires the flight crews to follow a series of procedures in this framework.
The flight crew are usually trained to deal with emergencies without panic, the majority of international airlines dealing with emergency advisory agencies stand ready to assist in the field, and these air carriers provide medical services by satellite communication with medical centers to follow up the patient's condition and provide Remote Aid Support.
In some cases that require medical intervention, the crew transfers to the nearest suitable airport and requests medical assistance to be on standby before landing, but if a death occurs on board the flight, technically only a doctor or a licensed medical specialist can declare that a passenger Dead, which means that no one will officially die when the plane is in the sky unless there is a licensed doctor on the flight.
Of course, the flight crew will try to confirm the death by examining the vital signs of the traveler, but it is not announced until the plane lands on the ground, according to airline spokespersons, and companies follow some procedures for the post-death phase, where the body is transferred to an empty row of seats with cash Regardless of the class of travel, it is tied, usually covered with a blanket, however, if there are no empty rows of seats, the passenger will simply lock in his seat with it securely fastened.
The air transport sector deals with hundreds of medical cases that travelers are exposed to on a daily basis on flights, but less than 7% of these cases require an urgent flight or emergency landing, according to a study in which the medical journal "New England Journal of Medicine" participated.