Daily Memo: Workgroup To Assess Donor Organ Air Travel, From Cargo To Cabin

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In late 2023, a donated kidney was determined to be a strong match for a critical patient in Florida. But the kidney—in Wisconsin—would have to make it there in time, its window complicated by post 9/11 security protocols that relegate unescorted organ donations to the cargo hold, rather than inside...
Christine Boynton

Christine Boynton is a Senior Editor covering air transport in the Americas for Aviation Week Network.

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