A Russian died in the cabin of an Aeroflot Airbus A330

Due to technical problems during a flight at Bangkok airport, a Russian citizen died – the temperature in the cabin of the Aeroflot Airbus A330 was too high.

First the man lost consciousness, and then the doctors declared him dead, writes The Moscow Times. The incident occurred on March 26 – the plane was unable to fly to Krasnoyarsk due to engine failure. There were 294 passengers on board the Airbus; they were forced to spend more than two hours on the plane with cabin temperatures above 30°C. It is worth recalling that, according to the standards, a temperature of +25°C in the aircraft cabin is considered unacceptable, and Aeroflot requires it to be set no higher than +23°C.

Due to a malfunction of the engines, after the auxiliary power unit was turned off, air intake into the aircraft stopped and the temperature rose to +29°C. The pilot decided to cancel the takeoff due to a failure of the electronic control unit of the first engine.

The dispatcher sent the plane to the cargo apron and asked to wait for the welcoming marshal, but he had to wait 40 minutes. During this time, the temperature in the airliner increased to +32°C, despite the pilot's attempts to start the air conditioning system again.

The decision to disembark passengers was made two hours after the plane stopped, as technical personnel were unable to fix the problem. But there were no available platform buses; we had to wait for them for an hour.

Meanwhile, several passengers became ill, and one of them developed an arrhythmia, and soon lost his creation. An ambulance was called to the plane, doctors were able to help the passengers, and the man was taken to the hospital, where he later fell into a coma and died three days later without regaining consciousness.

The Transport Investigation Department opened a criminal case, and the Chairman of the Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, took personal control of it. However, the Federal Air Transport Agency did not see any signs of an aviation incident in the incident and did not investigate it, the publication clarifies.

After the incident, Aeroflot sent out instructions in which it asked flight attendants to strengthen temperature control on airplanes. If the temperature in the cabin exceeds 25°C or if passengers receive complaints about uncomfortable conditions and stuffiness, flight attendants are required to report this to the crew and monitor the decrease in temperature in the cabin.

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