I'm sure the "Airplane!" "Did he have the fish?" jokes are coming...
Sad.
Prayers up.
Kudos to the flight attendant for trying to save this pilot’s life. RIP.
Poor pilot and poor passengers and Co-Pilot!!
His last words were, I hate Mondays.
Even in a private plane, you should never fly without somebody else who is able to take the controls should something like this happen.
That’s why you have a regular and a spare on big commercial flights.
Yeah, a real knee slapper right there. I’ll bet his family is cracking up, too. Crass.
It always makes me a little nervous when an attendant gets on the P.A. and asks if there’s a doctor on board. Fortunately, this has always been for another passenger... so far.
It always makes me a little nervous when an attendant gets on the P.A. and asks if there’s a doctor on board. Fortunately, this has always been for another passenger... so far.
I’m sure google has a plan to fly planes too.
40% of all US deaths are cardiovascular related. The first sign of heart disease in 25% of heart attack patients is a fatal heart attack. The LADA- left anterior descending artery, is responsible for 60% of the blood supplying the heart, and the other 6 heart arteries supply the remaining 40%. The LADA is referred to- as the widow maker for this reason. My knowledge rests on the fact that I am a heart attack survivor... and recipient of a pacemaker and a stent- the stent being placed in the LADA. In my skydiving days, anytime you survived a reserve parachute deployment was known as being in “bonus days”. The Captain, unfortunately... fell into the 25% category. BOOM! Lights out.
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Rush said the plane made an emergency landing in Syracuse, New York.
Link to audio
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2015/10/05/american-airlines-flight-550-boston-phoenix-syracuse-medical-emergency/
Several years ago, some of my coworkers lost their lives when their medic helo crashed while flying with patient. It was ultimately concluded that the cause of the crash was the pilot dying of a heart attack en route.
Considering the captain usually only flies the plane at takeoff and landing, leaving the copilot for the boring enroute stuff, I’m sure it was more a scary emotional situation than a dangerous operational one.
Time to discuss the lifting of the age 60 rule.
RIP, Captain