    ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION,  ON AUGUST 1, 1996 DECEASED AND HER HUSBAND WERE PASSENGERS ABOARD LANCHILE FLIGHT 188 THAT WAS TRAVELING FROM CARACAS, VENEZUELA TO MIAMI.  DURING THE FLIGHT, THE DECEASED BEGAN COMPLAINING OF FEELING ILL DUE TO THE CIGARETTE SMOKING FROM THE OTHER PASSENGERS.  THE CREW MEMBERS MOVED HER AND HER HUSBAND TO THE FRONT OF THE AIRCRAFT.  ABT. 30  MINUTES OUT OF MIAMI, SHE BEGAN COMPLAINING OF BREATHING DIFFICULTIES AND PAIN IN THE ARM.  A SHORT TIME LATER, SHE WENT INTO CARDIAC ARREST.  CPR WAS ADMINISTERED BUT TO NO AVAIL, SHE EXPIRED.   
     FAMILY MEMBERS  STATED THAT SHE HAD A HISTORY OF HYPERTENSION AND DIABETES.   SHE WAS BEING TREATED BY A PHYSICIAN IN VENEZUELA.  SHE WAS TAKING MEDICATIONS BUT HAD NOT COMPLAINED OF ANY PROBLEMS PRIOR TO THE FLIGHT.