Ryanair pilot incapacitation
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Ryanair pilot incapacitation
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A Ryanair flight had to turn back to Spain just 13 minutes in after the pilot fell ill.
The service from Tenerife to Glasgow in Scotland returned to the airport where emergency services were waiting.
Although Europe’s biggest airline confirmed the incident took place on Sunday, it could not give any more information regarding the nature of the illness due to privacy laws, reports The Mirror.
Hope the lad is fine.
A Ryanair flight had to turn back to Spain just 13 minutes in after the pilot fell ill.
The service from Tenerife to Glasgow in Scotland returned to the airport where emergency services were waiting.
Although Europe’s biggest airline confirmed the incident took place on Sunday, it could not give any more information regarding the nature of the illness due to privacy laws, reports The Mirror.
Hope the lad is fine.
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Look guys. This chap, or lass, could be in intensive care, or have passed away for all we know. Let's wait until we know more, out of general humanity and respect.
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I hope the FO has a speedy recovery, and the case is not used for political point scoring
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We are talking about a human, and a fellow pilot who is/was in distress. We can talk about it with care, and respect for privacy.
Aviation safety was affected, as would always be the case when an aircraft flying with two, is now flying with only one, that's why the flight departed with two. The circumstances will be considered and reported, we hope that the pilot will recover well, and we'll keep flying with two pilots in transport aircraft.
Aviation safety was affected, as would always be the case when an aircraft flying with two, is now flying with only one, that's why the flight departed with two. The circumstances will be considered and reported, we hope that the pilot will recover well, and we'll keep flying with two pilots in transport aircraft.
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We are talking about a human, and a fellow pilot who is/was in distress. We can talk about it with care, and respect for privacy.
Aviation safety was affected, as would always be the case when an aircraft flying with two, is now flying with only one, that's why the flight departed with two. The circumstances will be considered and reported, we hope that the pilot will recover well, and we'll keep flying with two pilots in transport aircraft.
Aviation safety was affected, as would always be the case when an aircraft flying with two, is now flying with only one, that's why the flight departed with two. The circumstances will be considered and reported, we hope that the pilot will recover well, and we'll keep flying with two pilots in transport aircraft.
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I hope safety wasn’t compromised. Flying with one pilot due incapacitationof other is fairly frequent. And not a problem if handled according to training. I know of a JFK LHR flight where this happened at 40W and other pilot continued to destination. There was a discussion about should he have landed st Prestwick but no repercussions.
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Was on a flight from Minorca to Gatwick once and the captain went tech with food poisoning very early in the flight, so FO took over and a stewardess, who was learning to fly stepped in to read the check lists and help. The company rule was land at the closest and wait for a second pilot or new crew. With luck there was a flight behind with a spare captain on board, so we all landed at Madrid for the hand over. The thing was it took longer to divert in to Madrid than it would have taken to fly on to Gatwick, an airport the FO probably new better and was already setup to land at and could handle better as a single pilot. My thought was it should be the closest in time not distance. What are the thoughts on this?
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Was on a flight from Minorca to Gatwick once and the captain went tech with food poisoning very early in the flight, so FO took over and a stewardess, who was learning to fly stepped in to read the check lists and help. The company rule was land at the closest and wait for a second pilot or new crew. With luck there was a flight behind with a spare captain on board, so we all landed at Madrid for the hand over. The thing was it took longer to divert in to Madrid than it would have taken to fly on to Gatwick, an airport the FO probably new better and was already setup to land at and could handle better as a single pilot. My thought was it should be the closest in time not distance. What are the thoughts on this?
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captain went tech with food poisoning very early in the flight
Was on a flight from Minorca to Gatwick once and the captain went tech with food poisoning very early in the flight, so FO took over and a stewardess, who was learning to fly stepped in to read the check lists and help. The company rule was land at the closest and wait for a second pilot or new crew. With luck there was a flight behind with a spare captain on board, so we all landed at Madrid for the hand over. The thing was it took longer to divert in to Madrid than it would have taken to fly on to Gatwick, an airport the FO probably new better and was already setup to land at and could handle better as a single pilot. My thought was it should be the closest in time not distance. What are the thoughts on this?
