Woman Dies On Plane En Route To SFO

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA — An 83-year-old woman from Spokane, Wash., died on a United Airlines flight from Tel Aviv to San Francisco International Airport Friday , an airport spokesman said.

The woman's death on United flight No. 959, which arrived in San Francisco at 5:40 a.m. Friday, isn't considered suspicious, SFO spokesman Doug Yakel said.

The San Mateo County coroner's office identified the woman as Marcia Louise O'Leary.

United Airlines officials weren't immediately available to provide more information on O'Leary's death.

— By Bay City News Service / Patch file photo by Renee Schiavone