LOS ANGELES - United Airlines confirmed that COVID-19 played a role in a passenger's death on a flight bound for LAX, according to a report from TMZ.Coroners in Louisiana identified the deceased passenger as a 69-year-old man from Los Angeles and ruled that the man had died from acute respiratory failure and COVID-19, TMZ reports.The deceased passenger was aboard UA591 when the aircraft made an emergency landing in New Orleans on Monday, December 14.
The plane was originally scheduled to fly from Orlando to Los Angeles.PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Man with COVID-19 symptoms dies on United Airlines flight bound for LAX, CDC investigatingPrior to TMZ's report Tuesday morning, a representative for United Airlines told FOX 11 in a statement earlier in.