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Yeah unfortunately for you I think the post is bullshit. People die on planes all the time. I mean, enough for airlines to have protocols for it.
https://youtu.be/UOTD8jx26pg
They used to just put people in first class seats with shades and a newspaper but apparently that was "insensitive".
Seriously, who reads newspapers these days?
I mean the video is from before 2016 (as that's when Stephen left QI) and in the part where they're saying that, they're quoting something which was already a quote, and it begins with "many years ago..."