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Flight Attendant With Pilot's License Helps Lands Plane
ABC News ^
| 6/16/10
| SCOTT MAYEROWITZ
Posted on 06/16/2010 12:03:50 PM PDT by Kartographer
If one of your pilots gets ill, you never know who else on the plane might be able to help land the aircraft safely.
On Monday, it was a flight attendant with an an inactive pilot's license who helped land an American Airlines jumbo jet after the co-pilot became incapacitated because of stomach flu.
Patti DeLuna, a 61-year-old flight attendant with American Airlines, helped the captain safely land the Boeing 767 with 225 passengers on board.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: airlines; airplane; emergencylanding; pilot
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To: Kartographer
That’s her?! That’s the cutest 61-year-old I’ve ever seen!
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posted on
06/16/2010 12:05:05 PM PDT
by
Nea Wood
(Silly liberal . . . paychecks are for workers!)
To: Kartographer
Heard this morning that it was the co-pilot who was ill. The pilot asked if anyone on board had a pilot’s license and this flight attendant stepped up.
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posted on
06/16/2010 12:05:55 PM PDT
by
Carley
(For those who fought for it, freedom has a flavor the protected will never know.)
To: Kartographer
To: Kartographer
The 767 can easily be flown by a single pilot, but putting someone with flight and company experience in the right seat helps the PIC shed some workload in an emergency situation and was a smart use of available resources.
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posted on
06/16/2010 12:06:56 PM PDT
by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: Kartographer
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posted on
06/16/2010 12:07:21 PM PDT
by
RexBeach
To: colorado tanker
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posted on
06/16/2010 12:07:45 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Kartographer
To: colorado tanker
I remember when he lost his plane over Macho Grande.
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posted on
06/16/2010 12:08:33 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Retired Greyhound; colorado tanker
Think that the copilot had watched one to many gladiator movies?
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posted on
06/16/2010 12:09:42 PM PDT
by
Kartographer
(".. we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.")
To: colorado tanker
“What’s our vector, Vicki?”
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posted on
06/16/2010 12:10:02 PM PDT
by
earlJam
To: Kartographer
I’m a private pilot, and that is always the fantasy isn’t it? I think every private pilot has wondered “what if” about this kind of thing.
That’s great she could help.
But it wasn’t going to mean life or death.
Either pilot is capable of safely bringing the aircraft down.
Perhaps if there were complications, help could become more critical.
To: colorado tanker
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The life of everyone on board depends upon just one thing: finding someone back there
who can not only fly this plane, but who didn't have fish for dinner.
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posted on
06/16/2010 12:13:18 PM PDT
by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: Kartographer
I just hope her seat was in the “full upright position” on landing....
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posted on
06/16/2010 12:14:04 PM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.)
To: Kartographer
Awesome!!!!!! Deserves a hero’s commendation of some kind! Nice job!
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posted on
06/16/2010 12:14:07 PM PDT
by
laweeks
To: earlJam
We picked a bad day to quit Airplane! movie jokes!
To: Names Ash Housewares
"Perhaps if there were complications, help could become more critical."
Not sure if there were 'complications or not, but the sky over the airport looked like this right before the landing. ;-)
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posted on
06/16/2010 12:15:33 PM PDT
by
Kartographer
(".. we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.")
To: laweeks
Surprised that the pilots’ union didn’t lodge a protest!
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posted on
06/16/2010 12:16:21 PM PDT
by
RightWingConspirator
(Impeach Zerobama and his band of Commie Czars)
To: dfwgator
I remember when he lost his plane over Macho Grande. Over Macho Grande?
To: RightWingConspirator
“Surprised that the pilots’ union didn’t lodge a protest!”
But just think . . . if she wasn’t there to help, they’d still be up there!
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posted on
06/16/2010 12:17:26 PM PDT
by
laweeks
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