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Delta Boeing 777 Flight Forced To Divert As Pilot Gets Incapacitated
A Delta Boeing 777 made a rare appearance in Moncton, Canada, after the first officer became incapacitated midflight. (simpleflying.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Thankfully this happened past the midpoint over the Atlantic, otherwise it would be similar to the incident where they had to decide whether to continue on to Gander, or backtrack about 30 minutes then go straight north to Keflavik.
Either way, nice work by all involved here.
Either way, nice work by all involved here.
There are times, such as this, that I miss having a flight engineer up front.
If they had to use the defibrillator, the patient most likely was flat on the floor. The person handling the defibrillator had to be at such an angle that the paddles could be applied to the correct chest area without him touching the patient. To say flight decks are cramped is a gross understatement. They likely got him out of his seat, on the floor, applied the defib, administered oxygen if available, and hang on to him as the pilot did a carrier deck landing. Would love to hear the communications between the plane and the tower.
It was an automatic defibrillator. You stick the electrodes on with an adhesive and then stand back and push a button.
By the way, MASSIVE KUDOS the the pilot and additional first officer for a seemingly smooth and quick emergency landing, obviously professionally and empathtically done, through what was probably mayhem.
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/DAL3343/history/20200521/0950Z/EDDF/CYQM/tracklog