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Originally Posted by Burninator
Planes have landed for lesser reasons. When a passenger is disruptive (drunk or threatening) they land planes and arrest them. I don't see why they can't do that for a body. By the sounds of the article she didn't die mid flight, but after take off. So turning around shouldn't be a problem.
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Well, first off a disruptive passenger can be a danger to the safety of the plane. A dead person isn't.
The second thing- they were on a 9 hour flight. Based on what I've read about 9/11 and from watching "Mayday" they would have had to dump several thousand gallons of fuel to do a safe landing. Let's say 5,000 gallons, and let's say that costs $20,000. Who pays for that? I'm also not sure if the airline also would have to pay for the cleanup costs of that much fuel going into the environment.
Could it have been handled better- probably. But risking a return to the airport wouldn't have been my first choice.