Rare O‑type blood bag flown on commercial flight to Brazil transplant patient

A rare blood bag was placed in the cabin of a commercial airplane that left an airport at 18:00 on 8 September, with the pilot overseeing its care, and is scheduled to land at Confins airport at 05:00 on 9 September.

The blood, required by a kidney‑transplant recipient in Juiz de Fora who can only receive type O blood lacking the Jsb marker, will be taken by car to the hospital for a morning transfusion; the request was received by Brazil’s Ministry of Health between 16:00 and 17:00 on 7 September, and six eligible donors were identified in the national registry.