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Medical emergencies on an aircraft are very rare, a study claims
Pittsburgh, USA - The odds of a death during a flight are 240,000 to 1
The possibilities of having someone who gets really sick on board of an aircraft are really low, and the cases in which a medical issue causes a landing in a different airport are very rare, according to a study of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, which was published on the "New England Journal of Medicine". On the basis of the collected figures, the odds of having a medical emergency...
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AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency