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Old 6th Aug 2001, 13:08
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crjo
 
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Hello all !

WHAT IS THE BIG DEAL ?????

This type of thing happens all the time !
It's not always a hart attack, as seems to be the case here, but often a "passing out" of one of the 2 (or 3) crewmembers due to food intox, dehydration, low glucose level or simply...exhaustion !

All of these things are relatively known to long haul pilots, and a standard type rating item is to bring the plane down safely with a crewmember out !

The hard part of the exercise starts when you have exited the runway (which by the way you CAN do from the right seat of a 777, equiped with 2 tillers). You need to anticipate many things...

It seems whoever was on that 777 did an excellent job !!!

Congrats !

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