Image courtesy of digitalart / FreeDigitalPhotos.net News media reported on Sept 5, 2011 about Robert Rippingale who choked to death during a flight from Singapore to New Zealand. He was with his girlfriend who noted he was shaking and turning blue after eating an in-flight meal. A doctor and two nurses attempted to save him though unsuccessfully. The article reports that CPR was performed to try and save the man, but the obvious question is whether a Heimlich maneuver was done. Obvious…