I’m pretty sure she was dead in the air, but she had to be taken from the scene and pronounced dead. If she was pronounced dead in the window the plane would have been a crime scene and created all types of havoc
Man I hate flying, any time the plane gets turbulence I'm like we are about to crash. Funny thing is, it's safer to fly than it is to drive. That was the first death in the 51 year history of Southwest.