{"id":11779,"date":"2026-01-27T23:25:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T23:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/family-speaks-out-after-minnesota-woman-dies-on-flight-from-minneapolis-to-london\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T23:25:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T23:25:29","slug":"family-speaks-out-after-minnesota-woman-dies-on-flight-from-minneapolis-to-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/family-speaks-out-after-minnesota-woman-dies-on-flight-from-minneapolis-to-london\/","title":{"rendered":"Family speaks out after Minnesota woman dies on flight from Minneapolis to London"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A Minnesota woman\u2019s family is speaking out after she died while asleep on her mother\u2019s shoulder during an international flight from the U.S. to the U.K.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Rachel Green, a 44-year-old attorney and writer, died on a Delta Air Lines flight from Minneapolis to London on April 30, 2025, according to a GoFundMe started by her family.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Now, investigators in the U.K. have revealed what likely caused her death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The West London Coroner\u2019s Court recently heard that Green\u2019s death was likely the result of an undiagnosed heart condition in combination with prescription medications, according to <em>The Irish Sun<\/em><em>. <\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Dr. Alan Bates, a pathologist, said he found multiple substances in her blood, including melatonin, antidepressants and a small amount of alcohol, the outlet reports.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Rachel Green, a 44-year-old from Minnesota, died while flying from Minneapolis to London earlier this year (GoFundMe)\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"778\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/BtWKdYCdpv.5U1WwteQ8dQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTc3ODtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/the_independent_635\/a21a1ddfd956d1ad4bca550b6dbbed16\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Rachel Green, a 44-year-old from Minnesota, died while flying from Minneapolis to London earlier this year (GoFundMe)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Bates also said he found evidence of myocardial tunneling, a condition in which an artery travels through the heart muscle, rather than on its surface, according to <em>The Irish Sun<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Senior Coroner Lydia Brown reportedly said Green had taken a \u201crange of complex medications,\u201d but there was \u201cno evidence she was taking any in excess.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cShe also had a congenital heart condition. This contributed to her death, along with the medications,\u201d Brown said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Green\u2019s sister, Roxanne Carney, said she had an \u201cabnormal\u201d heart test that wasn\u2019t investigated further, according to <em>The Irish Sun<\/em>. Now, she\u2019s questioning why her sister \u201cwas never referred to a cardiologist before being prescribed this combination.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWhy was she on this regimen? Why are they prescribing this combination of medications?\u201d Carney reportedly said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">She added: \u201cIf you can see all the records, ethically, how can you do this?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Senior Coroner Lydia Brown said in court that it is typically \u201creviewed\u201d in the U.K., but that \u201cthe entirety of your population doesn\u2019t seem to have that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201c[It is] unusual to find so many different [drugs]. Matters are done very differently in the U.S.,\u201d Brown reportedly said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Green was traveling to London to complete research for an upcoming historical fiction work on Eleanor of Aquitaine, an influential medieval queen, her family said on the GoFundMe page. She was described as a \u201cbrilliant writer\u201d who had a keen love of theatre.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cRachel was beyond selfless, always taking care of everyone around her and trying to guide people to the goodness in life, be it traveling, enjoying a play, or a gathering,\u201d her family wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Green had also just recovered from an \u201cunexpected illness\u201d that forced her to relocate to her hometown in Minnesota and relearn how to walk.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cShe exuded unyielding strength and courage at even the most difficult times,\u201d the GoFundMe page reads.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>The Independent <\/em>has contacted Carney and Delta Air Lines for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a ><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Minnesota woman\u2019s family is speaking out after she died while asleep on her mother\u2019s shoulder during an international flight from the U.S. to the U.K. Rachel Green, a 44-year-old attorney and writer, died on a Delta Air Lines flight from Minneapolis to London on April 30, 2025, according to a GoFundMe started by her [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11780,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_daextam_enable_autolinks":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/264675c3ef495868be8397882c48300c.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11779\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}