Posted on 01/29/2008 11:20:21 AM PST by nuconvert
Co-pilot 'falling ill' forces Air Canada emergency landing
The co-pilot of an Air Canada flight from Toronto to London has been placed in psychiatric care in an Irish hospital after the plane made an emergency landing Monday, say reports.
Air Canada didn't provide details, but said the flight made an emergency landing in Shannon, Ireland, on Monday morning local time after the co-pilot fell ill.
The Irish Independent said flight staff and a passenger who was a member of the Canadian Forces removed the co-pilot from the plane after it landed at Shannon Airport.
Officials at the Irish airport confirmed to the Irish Independent that the co-pilot was admitted to the psychiatric unit of the Ennis General Hospital.
Flight 848 was diverted after the co-pilot began "acting in a peculiar manner and was talking loudly to himself," said the report.
In a statement issued Monday night, Air Canada said proper procedures were followed "in light of the co-pilot falling ill."
Air Canada said safety was not compromised during the incident.
Patrick Flynn, a freelance journalist in Shannon, said passengers were taken to local hotels after the plane landed. A second Air Canada plane arrived at Shannon Airport from London's Heathrow Airport less than five hours later with a replacement crew, said Flynn.
Shannon Airport Authority spokesperson Eugene Pratt said the flight arrived in London about eight hours later than scheduled.
"An Air Canada crew flew in here yesterday and took the aircraft on to London to complete the trip," he said.
Pratt, who called the incident "irregular," said about a dozen flights end up diverted to Shannon each year because of technical, mechanical or health problems.
More here... they call it a “diversion” not “emergency landing”
Maybe someone called him “Shirley”.
Over.
Sounds a bit like ‘Airplane’. Did he eat the fish? And did anyone inflate the Autopilot?
roger over
Again?
Just curious...any mention of the word "allah"?
"I rely on Allah," repeated eleven times in Arabic by EgyptAir co-pilot, Gamil el-Batouty, just before Flight 990 crashed in the Atlantic Ocean on October 31, 1999.
My thinking, exactly.
I am really trying not to laugh
Cool picture. I didn’t know Mitt Romney had been a jet pilot.
Sounds like Aba Victor Ali lost his vector?
Doubtful. If he’s in the psych ward ... I’m guessing he had a stroke or something.
What would cause a breakdown like that? My thinking is that due a communications mixup, he was inadvertently treated like a passenger.
ROTFLMAO!!! That was great!
What we all want to know is if he likes to be called Mohammed.
Roger.
Ah yes, I had the lasagna...
An Air Canada Pilot on a flight to London, was forcibly removed from the flight-deck, by 3 employees, assisted by a Canadian Military passenger, after the pilot attempted to seize control of the aircraft.
The Captain of the flight assumed control, and the flight was diverted, to Shannon, as it was not practical or within company directives to proceed to the intended destination of London.
Any more about this?
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