Flight Attendant Dies After Falling Ill While On Duty

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A flight attendant for one of Taiwan's airlines, EVA Airways, died after working a flight while feeling unwell. Now, there are calls for the company to rethink its policies.

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00:00The October 10th death of a local flight attendant, surnamed Sun, has triggered investigations in Taiwan.

00:07Sun had been hospitalized on September 26th, the day after returning to Taiwan on a flight from Italy.

00:14During that flight, she continued working despite feeling unwell.

00:18Now, both her employer, Taiwan's EVA Airways, and the labor ministry are investigating her death.

00:25The question? Whether Sun died because of workplace failures.

00:30The two unions representing EVA employees have spoken out against the airline's policies.

00:53They say that the company discourages people from asking for time off on short notice,

00:58as it could affect their performance reviews and flexibility in changing their shift schedule.

01:03Those policies may have deterred Sun from taking sick leave when she needed it.

01:08The reason why I keep an eye on the limit is that she was sick.

01:10She was in a bus for a while to travel to school.

01:13And she was in a movie for a term break from the pandemic, trying to stay in summer.

01:15After one meeting, she was depressed.

01:17The mother didn't go well since she was sick.

01:21She was sick to stay.

01:23She was sick to her informant for her time at the time.

01:26The cabin manager during Sun's last flight has also come under scrutiny.

01:48The Civil Aviation Administration says that the cabin manager's report filed after the

01:53trip did not say that Sun felt ill during her flight, a detail that should have been included.

02:06The cabin manager has since come out with a statement defending herself, saying that she

02:11knew that Sun did not feel well and she checked in on her throughout the flight.

02:16She says that it's unfair to assign responsibility of Sun's death to her and that she will take

02:22legal action if necessary.

02:24Sun's family held a memorial service for her on Tuesday.

02:28They say they won't press charges against EVA for now, but they have urged the company to

02:33rethink its work culture.

02:35Scott Huang, Yisen Chen and Leslie Liao for Taiwan Plus.

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