American Airlines Flight Crew Let Passenger Die While Others Disembarked, Family Says. Fatal Heart Attack [View all]

'American Airlines flight crew let passenger die while others disembarked, family says,' Yahoo News, The Independent, April 24, 2025.
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A 62-year-old man in the throes of a life-threatening medical emergency died after an American Airlines flight crew failed to call for help until after the plane landed, taxied to the gate and all other passengers had disembarked – by which time it was too late to save him, his family alleges.

John William Cannon suffered a fatal heart attack in the back of an ambulance as EMTs rushed him to Mercy Medical Center in Durango, Colorado, according to a wrongful death lawsuit filed by Cannon’s son, who is now also the administrator of his estate.

The Kentucky resident was in town to attend his best friend’s partner’s funeral, attorney Joseph LoRusso, who is representing the Cannons in court, told The Independent. LoRusso, himself a commercial airline-rated pilot, described the apparent lack of urgency in summoning assistance for the elder Cannon as “unbelievably frustrating.” “How long does it take to deboard an airplane? 20, 30 minutes? That’s critical time,” LoRusso said on Wednesday.

Cabin crews are trained in CPR, and all commercial airliners have been required since 2004 to carry defibrillators onboard, LoRusso went on. “Nobody’s expecting a flight attendant to be a doctor, but you have to at least attempt a recovery,” he said. If things had played out differently, Cannon would “probably” be alive today, according to co-counsel Jessica McBryant...

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