dr. lexie grey died in grey anatomy in the plane crash.
dr. lexie grey died in grey anatomy in the plane crash.
who dies in grey anatomy in the plane crash?
dr. lexie grey
after their plane crashes in the woods, dr. meredith grey (ellen pompeo), dr. lexie grey (chyler leigh), dr. cristina yang (sandra oh), dr. arizona robbins (jessica capshaw), dr. derek shepherd (patrick dempsey), and dr. mark sloan (eric dane) desperately fight to stay alive. meredith is relatively unscathed, while the rest have serious injuries: the pilot, jerry (james legros), has a major spine injury, and yang dislocates her arm. robbins' femur is broken and sticking through the skin, sloan has serious internal injuries; though initially adrenaline keeps him on his feet. shepherd is sucked out the side of the plane and awakens alone in the wood; his mangled hand having been pushed through the door of the plane. however, none are in as bad shape as lexie, who is crushed under a piece of the plane. while meredith searches for shepherd, yang and sloan try to move the debris off lexie. eventually, the two realize that they cannot save her, so sloan holds her hand while she dies, telling her that he loves her. as sloan tells her of the life the two were meant to have together, lexie dies with a smile on her face just as meredith and yang are approaching.
flight (grey's anatomy)
the season follows the characters dealing with the aftermath of the season eight plane crash that claimed the life of lexie grey (chyler leigh) and upon rescue mark sloan (eric dane), who dies after sustaining injuries from the crash. derek shepherd (patrick dempsey) finds his surgical career in doubt after badly damaging his hand but callie torres (sara ramirez) ultimately manages to save his hand. the show's protagonist meredith grey (ellen pompeo) deals with the loss of her half-sister lexie and later discovers that she is pregnant. cristina yang (sandra oh) who is severely traumatized upon rescue and later decides to take up her fellowship in minnesota. arizona robbins (jessica capshaw) another survivor of the plane crash upon return realizes that her leg has to be amputated to save her life, reacts badly to this, becoming bitter and blaming her wife callie and her former friend alex karev (justin chambers). to prevent the doctors' court case from being thrown out, owen hunt (kevin mckidd) decides to divorce yang, but the two agree to start again. the hospital itself becomes liable for the crash, putting its future in extreme doubt prompting the four crash survivors and torres to purchase the hospital. miranda bailey (chandra wilson) marries her partner ben warren (jason george), april kepner (sarah drew) returns home to ohio, but is brought back by hunt to rejoin the hospital and she restarts her relationship with jackson avery (jesse williams).
grey's anatomy (season 9)