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February 13th, 2013, 10:08 GMT · By

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Man Dies on Flight After Loud Bouts of Snoring

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Passengers performed CPR on the man who had become unresponsive after very loud bouts of snoring Enlarge picture - Passengers performed CPR on the man who had become unresponsive after very loud bouts of snoring
Passengers on a flight out of Denver, destination Salt Lake City, desperately tried to resuscitate a man who had become unresponsive. The Salt Lake City International Airport has confirmed that the man has died and they are currently looking into the matter.

Jared Noall, a combat medic with the Army Reserve on the flight, tells KSL Utah that the man, who appeared to be in his 30s, was snoring loudly right before the plane took off.

At one point, the snoring stopped so he, just like everybody else, assumed he had finally found “that sweet spot” that allowed him to fall into a deep slumber.

It wasn’t until the plane landed that they realized something was terribly wrong because the man would not move – and when Noall and other passengers started performing CPR on him.

“It sort of sucks because you always want to save people's lives, but what can you do? Everyone came together to try to help, though. We did what we could,” Noall says.

The identity of the deceased has not been revealed to the press.

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Comment #1 by: lmd on 13 Feb 2013, 12:33 UTC reply to this comment

obstructive sleep apnea


Comment #2 by: HGB on 13 Feb 2013, 12:55 UTC reply to this comment

Has anyone discovered a blowgun dart speck in his neck?


Comment #3 by: hillbillynurse on 13 Feb 2013, 13:05 UTC reply to this comment

Loud snoring can be a sign of respiratory distress...if this man was overweight he could have possibly also had sleep apnea and other underlying medical conditions...so very sad...very proud of our fellow Americans who tried to save him.


Comment #4 by: nurse 4 on 13 Feb 2013, 15:12 UTC reply to this comment

Sounds like to me the man was "stoked" on some powerful drugs! Whether legal or illegal, probably doesn't matter. He likely was into Cheyne-Stoke respirations which are indicative of a life threatening condition. It is too bad that someone had not tried to wake him up while
he was snoring so loudly. Then we'd know whether he was already in a coma or not. For a man to be asleep before the airplane leaves the airport says a bit about his condition....either he was overtired or he was drugged! Small chance he could have had a CVA or a Cerebral hemorrhage!


Comment #5 by: emanda on 13 Feb 2013, 18:54 UTC reply to this comment

it is so sad to hear about the passenger on the flight was anyone sitting next to him and if so did they ever notice something was wrong. cauze when someone is snoring an you sudden dont hear the person never assume they are sleeping just have see if the person is breathing. I guess it was an heart attack he was having and no one ever did notice it all. I guess they were so relieve he had stop snoring.

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