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United flight diverted after pilot has heart attack
A United Airlines flight from Houston to Seattle was diverted to Boise, Idaho Thursday night after the pilot suffered a heart attack, Boise Airport spokesperson Patti Miller said in a statement obtained by CBS Boise affiliate KBOI-TV. (www.cbsnews.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
RIP Captain
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/UAL1603/history/20130926/2227Z/KIAH/KSEA
One day in the late 50s I was working dispatch in MSP when the copilot on an NWA DC-6 flight over Wisconsin reported the captain had died of an apparent heart attack and that he was returning to MSP. He was in his late 50s. Passengers helped in removing the body from the left seat and the copilot, Stevenson his name as I recall, brought the plane back by himself. Yes, it is good there are two pilots up front.
I had a stroke at 39 years old. Fully recovered but chose not to fly which was the hardest decision ever but chose responsibility and safety first. We don't know the full storey here and how many storeys have we heard "he was fit, ran 10kms a day etc. then full stop.
That was a safe choice.
As far as commercial airliners, we have 2 pilots. So even if one pilot hits a full stop, we have a fully capable pilot in the other seat to get the plane on the ground safely.
As far as going, you gotta go when you gotta go. And we all gotta go sometime.
As far as commercial airliners, we have 2 pilots. So even if one pilot hits a full stop, we have a fully capable pilot in the other seat to get the plane on the ground safely.
As far as going, you gotta go when you gotta go. And we all gotta go sometime.
"Flight 1603 landed in Boise just before 8 p.m., local time..." and then "The Boeing 737 was still in Boise early Friday..." We must be mixing timezones? It isn't even Friday in Boise yet.