BEIJING, July 31 (Chinese medianet) -- Flight attendants of a Los Angeles-to-Atlanta Delta Airlines flight saw a restroom was occupied during final approach and discovered the body of a 61-year-old woman inside.
It was unclear how the woman, Michaele O'Neil Carnahan, died or how long she was in the restroom.
The discovery was made just before Flight 950 touched down at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport at 5:51 a.m. Atlanta police were notified and met the plane at the gate, spokeswoman Keyra Johnson said.
The body was transferred to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Crime Lab in suburban Atlanta for an autopsy scheduled for Thursday, said GBI spokesman John Bankhead. Authorities were awaiting the results to determine the cause of death, Bankhead said.
Bankhead said Carnahan was on her way from her home in Ventura, California, to Florida for a wedding.
Atlanta police stationed at the airport respond to calls about dead bodies on airplanes a couple of times a year, said Officer Eric Schwartz, a police spokesman. Talton said the situation was rare, but flight crews are trained to handle "a number of situations on board."
(Agencies)
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