American Deathlines
“Ladies and gentleman, we will now be departing from Haiti’s airport on our nonstop flight to New York. Please make sure all of your luggage is secure and your seats are in the upright position. If you have any serious illnesses, such as heart disease, and require oxygen, please notify one of the flight attendants. They will be glad to argue with you over it for an hour and then give you an empty tank, leading to your untimely death. Thank you, and have a nice flight.”Carine Desir, 44, wasn’t expecting to die 35,000 feet in the air on Friday when she hopped aboard an American Airlines flight 896 to return home from Haiti. During the flight, she started feeling ill and had difficulty breathing - she was actually experiencing heart failure.Carine was denied a portable oxygen mask from a flight attendant until other passengers became agitated by the situation and convinced the cockpit to allow her access to an oxygen tank… which was empty. The flight attendant brought out a second tank, which four medical professionals on the plane tried to administer but couldn’t because that tank was empty also.”During the event of a drop in cabin pressure, place this mask over your face and pray to God that it works.”Her last words were reportedly, “I can’t breathe.”We need to revert back to the days when you could smoke on airplanes, have sex in the bathrooms, and flight attendants were hot blondes called “stewardesses.” Back then, it was acceptable to make testicle jokes to the stewardess when she asked if you wanted complimentary nuts.Back in those days, it wasn’t all about cramming people into a plane and hoping nobody hi-jacks it with a box cutter. People just don’t care about others’ needs anymore. The last few times I’ve flown, I’ve had a gay male flight attendant who wouldn’t even fluff my pillow or bring me a spritzer no matter how hard I flirted with him - I even popped a boner and asked him to buckle my seatbelt.”Can you please hand this water to the dead woman next to you? Thaaanks!”
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Dustin @ 3:07 pm |












Fuckin dumb cunt. i'd kill that bitch for letting me die.
Comment by Shaynea Shaieb — February 25, 2008 @ 3:31 pm
:wassat: But you're dead already … how'd you kill her? Hmm … that story is pretty messed up. I've taken off in an airplane .. but I've never landed in one.
Comment by Whit — February 25, 2008 @ 4:05 pm
my bosses friends mom had a heart attack on a plane going to hawaii. i hope that lady's family can sue the airlines…
Comment by crystal — February 25, 2008 @ 6:16 pm
Hey man, you can't blame them for leaving the tanks empty. Wouldn't want the extra weight from all that oxygen to weigh down the plane. Plus, ya know, you ARE high up in the sky. Up there, all there is, is air. If you want more oxygen, just stick your head out the window, right?
Comment by Cardboard Shell — February 26, 2008 @ 1:25 am
So it turns out there was plenty of oxygen, and the lady who died was morbidly obese with a history of heart problems. Seems to me, if you have a good chance of dropping dead at any moment, you can't really blame an airline if it happens on their plane. But maybe I'm just okay with morbidly obese people kicking off.
Comment by Murkus — February 26, 2008 @ 11:30 am
Oh, well if she was morbidly obese, then she probably deserved it. What a bitch!
Comment by Dustin — February 26, 2008 @ 2:07 pm
hmmm, being a flight attendant (not stewardess, although still pretty and blonde), i have many things that i could say to this post. if you have ever been on a flight to haiti i'll ask for your opinion then. it's VERY different than american flights…and yes, people do die in the air. people have heart attacks, people have seizures…it happens, and it was bound to happen there, or on the ground. but no one should fly american airlines. they let people die. i would have saved her, or at least brought her an oxygen tank WITH oxygen.
Comment by kira — March 10, 2008 @ 12:55 am