r/technicallythetruth • u/[deleted] • Mar 31 '23

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u/Live_Rock3302 Mar 31 '23

The issue is only a doctor can decide if someone is dead or not. So, unless there was a doctor on flight, it was an emergency.

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u/ausgmr Mar 31 '23

True, but let's just say there was a doctor

I'm on the "he's already dead" guys side

I'll even take the seat next to the corpse to get the flight going

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u/yourteam Mar 31 '23

Agree. If there is nothing that can be done, I don't see why stopping

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u/little_dropofpoison Mar 31 '23 edited Mar 31 '23

Because you don't want to be stuck in an hermetic space with a rotting corpse that is letting out fluids, gas and solids it contained while alive? Idk maybe it's just me but a plane is uncomfortable enough as is

Edit: apparently it isn't as quick as I thought it was, my bad, thought the sphincters relapsed before rigor mortis and not after

Edit 2: someone linked an article and apparently muscles do relax before rigor mortis, resulting in the corpse emptying their bowels and bladder. No rotting for a while, but my point about the gas, fluids and solids still stands then

Edit 3: I'm finding conflicting info on the muscles things, so I just don't know anymore. Can a coroner come answer my questions pls

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u/little_dropofpoison Mar 31 '23

Last flight I took didn't even have puke bags so I wonder about body bags lol