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Flight AC051 had left Delhi shortly after midnight local time. When Pant's symptoms started seven hours later, it was over Europe. Pande says she pleaded with the cabin crew to divert the plane and land in order to get her father to a hospital.

Instead, the flight stayed on course for nine more hours, travelling over Ireland, across the Atlantic Ocean and Eastern Canada before touching ground in Montreal. Paramedics were waiting β€” but Pant died as they worked on him.

"I was very hysterical," said Pande. "My mind was gone at this point."

Her father was officially pronounced dead at a Montreal hospital from a "presumed infarction" β€” dead heart tissue.

Two months later, Pande says the piercing grief has given way to anger.

"He was at the mercy of the pilot and Air Canada people," she told Go Public. "They were inhumane and callous."

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[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 58 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Looks like we're getting another lawsuit on the value of a life.

How cheap are they today?

[–] Nouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.world 23 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Cost to divert in the article was $900,000. So less than that.

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 17 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

That's not the actual number though, we'll find that out when this goes to court and they settle or lose.

If AC wins, then it's less than 900k

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Wow, human lives used to be valued just over $1MM. Shrinkflation, I guess.

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 4 points 10 months ago

Eh, doesn't matter how expensive it is they'll just increase ticket prices. It's not like there's much competition or incentive for air Canada to improve things.

[–] 7355608@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

I'd wager less than the fundamental things required to sustain it.