Figure 1. Outcomes of in-flight medical emergencies. Postflight follow-up data were not available from incomplete records of an in-flight medical emergency. ^†Passengers who died on the plane when the aircraft was near the destination or in cases diagnosed as cardiopulmonary arrest (n=8), cachexia (n=1), or sudden syncope (n=2), in which cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) could not help and after which family members of these cases (if present) indicated to stop CPR, resulting in the flight arriving at the scheduled destination. ^‡Passengers who died on the plane were given CPR with the assistance of medical volunteers but attempts were unsuccessful.