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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: Anitius Severinus Boethius
Over Macho Grande? No, I don't think I'll ever get over Macho Grande.
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posted on
06/16/2010 12:18:17 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Anitius Severinus Boethius
I thought it was Nacho Grande!
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posted on
06/16/2010 12:20:15 PM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
To: dfwgator
Better check the Radar Range.............
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posted on
06/16/2010 12:22:18 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(No, Obama's not the Antichrist. He's just some guy in the neighborhood.............)
To: Jack Hydrazine
Surely you can’t be serious.
To: laweeks
Every airplane lands....sooner or later..............
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posted on
06/16/2010 12:23:09 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(No, Obama's not the Antichrist. He's just some guy in the neighborhood.............)
To: Red Badger
Surely you can’t be serious.
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posted on
06/16/2010 12:23:12 PM PDT
by
Kartographer
(".. we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.")
To: Kartographer
Yes, and don’t call me Shirley..................that is my uncle’s name............
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posted on
06/16/2010 12:23:45 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(No, Obama's not the Antichrist. He's just some guy in the neighborhood.............)
To: Kartographer
61? Didn’t they used to retire “stews” at 45 or so? God bless her!
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posted on
06/16/2010 12:24:39 PM PDT
by
JimRed
(To water the Tree of Liberty is to excise a cancer before it kills us. TERM LIMITS, NOW AND FOREVER!)
To: Red Badger
Every airplane lands....sooner or later..............
There is only one record in aviation that can only be tied, never broken. That is the record for minimum altitute flight.
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posted on
06/16/2010 12:27:50 PM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.)
To: Red Badger
“They bought their tickets...they knew what they were getting into....I say, let them crash!”
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posted on
06/16/2010 12:28:28 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Anitius Severinus Boethius
Very...and don’t call me Shirley! LOL!
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posted on
06/16/2010 12:29:05 PM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
To: Kartographer
Admittedly she’s very cute for 61, but Mrs. RQSR, a bit her Senior is even cuter, and she too could assist to land the plane.
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posted on
06/16/2010 12:32:31 PM PDT
by
rockinqsranch
(The Left draws criminals as excrement draws flies. The Left IS a criminal organization.)
To: Kartographer
What happened to the “right seat” , second in command?
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posted on
06/16/2010 12:32:41 PM PDT
by
Reagan69
(Let me know when those health insurance premiums go down.)
To: Nea Wood
To: Reagan69
Nevermind, found the answer. She didn’t land it, she “helped”.
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posted on
06/16/2010 12:34:43 PM PDT
by
Reagan69
(Let me know when those health insurance premiums go down.)
To: All
I picked a bad day to quit sniffing glue.
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posted on
06/16/2010 12:35:31 PM PDT
by
BipolarBob
(Even the earth is bipolar.)
To: Anitius Severinus Boethius; Red Badger; dfwgator; Jack Hydrazine; colorado tanker; billorites; ...
On another note does anyone know how Lieutenant Zip is doing?
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posted on
06/16/2010 12:38:11 PM PDT
by
Kartographer
(".. we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.")
To: dfwgator
He never got over Macho Grande.
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posted on
06/16/2010 12:39:48 PM PDT
by
jimmango
To: billorites
...smart use of available resources. Yes. Helps to have another body to handle the radio and/or help run the checklist.
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posted on
06/16/2010 12:42:09 PM PDT
by
386wt
To: Kartographer
No, but I feel the need to go out and win one for the Zipper today!
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