Co-Pilot Goes Loco Mid Flight!
November 30, 2008
In the news this week is the airline co-pilot who went loco mid flight… needing to be wrestled out of the cock pit before a stewardess helped with the emergency landing. 
The flight from Toronto to London with Air Canada found the pilot being restrained and sedated. According to a safety report the pilot began talking in a “rambling and disjointed” way before refusing to observe safety procedures.
The pilot then said that his colleague was so “belligerent and uncooperative” that he was unable to fulfil his job. Once this decision was made, the pilot called a number of air stewards to remove the co-pilot, and then two on board doctors sedated him.
The question was then raised by the pilot whether any passengers were qualified pilots; however no one had the qualification. It then came to light that a steward had an expired commercial pilots licence and so was the best option to aid with the emergency landing.
Pilot, plus Air Steward managed to land the plane at Shannon Airport in West Ireland. There were over 150 people on the dramatic Boeing 767 during the flight that day.
Little information was officially given relating to the event and no names of staff were given. It was said that the loco co-pilot was a veteran with licence, who had recently passed a medical examination and had over 6,500 hours flying experience under his belt.
This is terrifying!!!!
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