Ilczyszyn

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FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

A. Flight 4640 On September 19, 2014, Ilczyszyn was traveling by air from Chicago to his home in Orange County. After arriving at the Oakland International Airport, he boarded Southwest flight No. 4640 (Flight 4640), a connecting flight from Oakland to John Wayne Airport. The one-hour flight took off at around 9:15 p.m. At some point during the flight, Ilczyszyn left his seat and went to a lavatory in the back of the plane. While inside the lavatory, he suffered a massive pulmonary embolism. The flight attendants became aware that Ilczyszyn was in the lavatory and attempted to communicate with him through the closed door. Although he was making crying sounds, he was unresponsive. After the flight attendants tried unsuccessfully to access the lavatory by pushing on the folding door, the airplane’s captain assessed the situation as a security threat and initiated security protocols. He contacted Southwest ground operations and requested that law enforcement officers meet the plane at the arrival gate. After the airplane landed, Orange County Sheriff’s Department deputies spoke with the flight attendants and decided to deplane the…