Oops: Southwest Airlines Accidentally Leaves Human Heart On Plane

This story leaves me with so many questions. 

Southwest said the "life-critical cargo shipment" was for a hospital and had been sent by a company specializing in shipments. Parts of a heart, such as valves, can be recovered when whole heart transplants aren't feasible.

But no Seattle-area hospitals said they were involved. Organ-procurement organizations in Washington and California said they never use commercial flights for heart transplants. (ABC 7 Chicago)

So where did the heart come from? Where was it going? Who did it belong to? Why was it on a Southwest flight? And how the hell do you FORGET to unload a human heart?


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