Five Passengers Fall Ill On Flight From Germany (CBS Chicago, September 15 2013, headline only)

[Giuseppe]

Source: CBS Chicago, to read full text: http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2013/09/...-from-germany/

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Re: Five Passengers Fall Ill On Flight From Germany (CBS Chicago, September 15 2013, headline only)

Here is the text:

CHICAGO (STMW) ? Five people became ill on a flight from Germany to O?Hare Airport on Saturday night.

Lufthansa Flight 432, carrying 309 passengers from Frankfurt to Chicago, had already made an emergency stop in London, where a ?very sick passenger? who suffered a heart attack was taken to a local hospital, airline spokesman Nils Haupt said.

After the Boeing 747 plane took off to continue to Chicago, five other passengers fell ill, apparently of unrelated illnesses, said Haupt who could not confirm reports of cabin pressure affecting the passengers and didn?t know the exact cause of the illnesses.

Three doctors who also happened to be aboard the plane took care of them until the flight could land in Chicago, he said. One of the sickened passengers was treated at the airport, though none were seriously ill. Those passengers were affected by heart related issues.

Chicago Fire Department officials took two people to Our Lady of the Resurrection Medical Center for treatment for nausea, according to Fire Media Affairs. Both were in good condition.

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[Emily]

Re: Five Passengers Fall Ill On Flight From Germany (CBS Chicago, September 15 2013, headline only)

It's hard to believe the heart attack and the illnesses of 4 more people with "affected by heart related issues" are unrelated.

[Emily]

Re: Five Passengers Fall Ill On Flight From Germany (CBS Chicago, September 15 2013, headline only)

Here's a report from a Chicago news source - they say 6, rather than 5, passengers were ill upon arrival and also 2, rather than 1, of those were hospitalized in Chicago.

http://wgntv.com/2013/09/15/sick-pas...ight-at-ohare/

7 hours ago
by WGN Web Desk

Two people were taken to the hospital after a flight from Germany landed at O?Hare International Airport, after being diverted to London for another sick passenger.
Lufthansa flight 432 from Frankfort, Germany touched down at O?Hare just after 10 p.m. Saturday night.

Witnesses say six passengers complained of feeling nauseous and they were removed from the plane once it arrived at the gate...

Read more: http://wgntv.com/2013/09/15/sick-pas...#ixzz2ezWPraG0

Condition of the Chicago patients is unknown.

[Gert van der Hoek]

Re: Five Passengers Fall Ill On Flight From Germany (CBS Chicago, September 15 2013, headline only)

Airline: 6 passengers fall ill on flight from Germany to Chicago

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Lufthansa spokesman Nils Haupt tells the Chicago Sun-Times (http://bit.ly/1aLXVju) that Flight 432 originating in Frankfort made an emergency stop Saturday night in London so an ailing passenger could be taken to a hospital there.

Haupt says five more of the 309 passengers aboard the Boeing 747 then became sick after the flight continued on to Chicago's O'Hare International Airport.

One of those passengers was treated at the airport, and at least two others were taken to a Chicago hospital.

http://www.dailyjournal.net/view/story/720eaba6de6e4484b5f8e4f52bb28695/IL--Chicago-Flight-Illness/#.UjYYq-fWWSo

[Emily]

Re: Five Passengers Fall Ill On Flight From Germany (CBS Chicago, September 15 2013, headline only)

Here's another Chicago media story with more details reported, including condition of the 2 patients taken to a hospital in Chicago:

http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/2...-to-ohare.html

6 passengers fall ill on flight from Germany to O?Hare

SUN-TIMES MEDIA September 15, 2013 10:09AM

Updated: September 15, 2013 12:32PM
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Two passengers were taken to Our Lady of the Resurrection Medical Center for treatment for nausea, according to the Chicago Fire Department. Both were in good condition.

The exact cause of their illnesses is not yet known, officials said..

[Emily]

Re: Five Passengers Fall Ill On Flight From Germany (CBS Chicago, September 15 2013, headline only)

http://www.travelmole.com/news_featu...etreg&region=3

Tuesday 17th September 2013
Lufthansa news: CEO quits, six passengers fall ill on Chicago flight

Officials are trying to figure out why six passengers fell ill on a Lufthansa flight from Germany to Chicago.
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Meanwhile, Lufthansa's CEO Christoph Franz resigned unexpectedly, the airline announced this morning.

"We are very surprised that he will not extend his contract," Haupt said.

He said Franz has accepted another position outside the travel industry.