********* BREAKING *********CARRIE FISHER HAS DIED

[Maru Kitteh]

41. When it happened CNN and MSNBC described it as "full cardiac arrest" on the flight

As did TMZ.

There is more evidence supporting the presence of an AED on the plane than suggesting it was not. Indeed, I think the absence of an AED on board would have been especially noteworthy and would have been reported and widely decried.

Edited to add: Owing to a 2004 law with a three-year compliance window, the airline would have been in violation of the law - and you can be absolutely certain that would have been WIDELY reported in a high-profile death like this.

As I said before, they are very useful tools in the right circumstances, but they are not magical machines that can save everyone. Not all MI's are created equal.