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Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Please Keep Your Seatbelts Securely Fastened In Case Your Pilot Cracks Up

This must have made for an interesting scene in the cockpit:
An Air Canada flight en route from Toronto to London had to make an emergency landing after its co-pilot apparently suffered a nervous breakdown, according to the Daily Mail.

The Boeing 767 was flying at 37,000 feet over the Atlantic Ocean when the unidentified co-pilot began shouting and "invoking God" and had to be restrained, the Daily Mail reported.

Crew members and a passenger, who happened to be in the armed forces, held down the man, shackling his wrists and ankles and tying him to a seat.

The flight made an emergency landing in Shannon, Ireland, and the co-pilot was taken off the plane crying and yelling, according to the Daily Mail.

He was being treated at a psychiatric ward for what was believed to be a nervous breakdown.
That's why you always have at least two pilots on commercial flights. You never know when one is just going to up and die or go crazy on you.

This sort of reminds me of the Egypt Air flight that was driven into the Atlantic by a pilot who cracked up. At least these guys landed safely.

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