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BREAKING NEWS: American Airlines captain dies at the controls despite desperate efforts..
dailymail.co.uk ^
| Oct. 5, 2015
| John Hutchinson
Posted on 10/05/2015 11:14:32 AM PDT by PROCON
An airline captain has reportedly died at the controls despite a flight attendant with medical training trying to revive him.
In a recording, the first officer is heard radioing in the emergency to ground control explaining that the captain has become 'incapacitated.'
American Airlines flight 550 was en-route to Boston from Phoenix earlier this morning when the pilot was taken ill at the controls.
An air stewardess - apparently a former nurse - fought to save his life but to no avail.
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Bizarre. You never know where or when it'll be your time.
I'm sure the "Airplane!" "Did he have the fish?" jokes are coming...
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posted on
10/05/2015 11:14:32 AM PDT
by
PROCON
To: PROCON
To: PROCON
Sad.
Prayers up.
Kudos to the flight attendant for trying to save this pilot’s life. RIP.
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posted on
10/05/2015 11:16:34 AM PDT
by
Jane Long
("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
To: PROCON
Poor pilot and poor passengers and Co-Pilot!!
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posted on
10/05/2015 11:17:22 AM PDT
by
Ann Archy
(ABORTION....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
To: PROCON
His last words were, I hate Mondays.
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posted on
10/05/2015 11:18:10 AM PDT
by
McGruff
(Trump-Cruz 2016. Make America Great Again.)
To: freedomlover
Terrible.
Funny
But terrible.
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posted on
10/05/2015 11:18:36 AM PDT
by
lacrew
To: freedomlover
RIP
Must have been terrible for all involved
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posted on
10/05/2015 11:19:45 AM PDT
by
silverleaf
(Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
To: PROCON
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posted on
10/05/2015 11:20:17 AM PDT
by
shotgun
To: freedomlover
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posted on
10/05/2015 11:20:23 AM PDT
by
frithguild
(The warmth and goodness of Gaia is a nuclear reactor in the Earth's core that burns Thorium)
To: PROCON
This is the main reason we have co-pilots.
Even in a private plane, you should never fly without somebody else who is able to take the controls should something like this happen.
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posted on
10/05/2015 11:21:08 AM PDT
by
SamAdams76
(A businessman gets things donee with own money. A politician takes money and gets nothing done.)
To: PROCON
That’s why you have a regular and a spare on big commercial flights.
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posted on
10/05/2015 11:21:59 AM PDT
by
Moonman62
(The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
To: shotgun
Fixed it. What is this a picture of? Is this from a movie?
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posted on
10/05/2015 11:23:21 AM PDT
by
SamAdams76
(A businessman gets things donee with own money. A politician takes money and gets nothing done.)
To: PROCON
Yeah, a real knee slapper right there. I’ll bet his family is cracking up, too. Crass.
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posted on
10/05/2015 11:24:10 AM PDT
by
dainbramaged
(Get out of my country now)
To: SamAdams76
The new AMC web series “Flight 462” which shows the zombie outbreak on an airplane
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posted on
10/05/2015 11:25:01 AM PDT
by
shotgun
To: PROCON
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.
To: PROCON
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.
To: frithguild
Those wounds run pretty deep.
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posted on
10/05/2015 11:26:12 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(I've switched. Trump is my #1. He understands how to get things done. Cruz can be VP.)
To: PROCON
I’m sure google has a plan to fly planes too.
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posted on
10/05/2015 11:27:23 AM PDT
by
keving
(We get the government we vote for)
To: dainbramaged
Pilots know the risks. There are very few other professions that require a medical screening every 6 months, including an EKG.
Sudden death on the job is what the screenings are trying to prevent, ot is no secret.
Pilots tend to have some gallows humor when the subject comes up.
RIP to the captain.
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posted on
10/05/2015 11:30:39 AM PDT
by
wrench
To: frithguild
No.... I’ll never get over Macho Grande....
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