Flight to London makes emergency landing after co-pilot suffers mental breakdown

Source: Daily Mail

Flight to London makes emergency landing after co-pilot suffers mental breakdown
Last updated at 14:13pm on 30th January 2008

The co-pilot of a Heathrow-bound plane was dragged kicking and screaming from the cockpit after suffering a mental breakdown while in control of the flight.

He began yelling and "invoking God" as the Air Canada 767 flew at 37,000 feet over the Atlantic. He was held down by other crew members and a passenger, a member of the Canadian armed forces.

The co-pilot then had restraints fastened to his wrists and ankles and was handcuffed to a seat. The flight from Toronto made an emergency landing in Shannon and the co-pilot, who had been crying and screaming according to witnesses, was taken off the plane.

He was taken by ambulance to a psychiatric ward where he is being treated for a suspected nervous breakdown.

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for everyone.

boy -- ya never know what can happen to you on an airplane.

:rofl:

we have mad cow in the Canadian herd.

either to experience, or to watch. Few things are scarier than watching a human being fall apart before your eyes.

Most especially, the poor suffering co-pilot.

but at least I am aware of my issues and am in treatment. Poor guy. Hope he gets the proper care.

And I'm prepared to believe him.

The original series, with Rod Serling, has William Shatner in the role John Lithgow was in.

...

Peter Fitzpatrick, an Air Canada spokesman, said today: "The co-pilot fell ill during the flight and the captain elected to divert. The aircraft landed without incident. At no time were the safety of the passengers or crew in question." Yeah, he just didn't want to have to sit in the economy section.

but Nancy Pelosi refuses to drag him out of the cockpit.

Mental Breakdown at 37,000 feet going 400 mph

That same description would have been an inside terrorist job.

Source: Guardian Unlimited

Co-pilot dragged from cockpit after nervous breakdown over Atlantic


Dan Milmo
Wednesday January 30, 2008
Guardian Unlimited


The co-pilot of a Heathrow-bound passenger flight was forcibly removed from the cockpit and handcuffed after suffering an apparent mid-air nervous breakdown, it emerged today.
Passengers on the Air Canada flight from Toronto to London said the co-pilot was restrained after yelling and "invoking God" while at the controls of the Boeing 767 plane more than 30,000ft over the Atlantic. The flight made an emergency diversion to Ireland's Shannon airport early on Monday and the unnamed crewmember was taken to a nearby psychiatric unit.



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Would that qualify as yelling and "invoking God"?

:P

Religious nut jobs are the fucking worst. :hi: you.

God, I mean.

Scary.

Or has that plan been scrapped? :shrug:

There are also air marshalls on some flights.

If you don't trust them to carry guns, why you trust them to fly the plane?

:crazy:

:eyes: :eyes:

Apparently, Transport Canada considers flights under 14, yes, fourteen, hours as a normal operation requiring no relief pilot, timezones be damned.

What sectors did the poor guy fly beforehand? What timezone/sleep cycle was he on? Was he afraid of calling in sick, out of fear of getting a bad rep with the management? What if it were the captain who'd lost his/her marbles for similar fatigue/stress/job worry reasons? Would the FO have had the nuts to have the captain hog-tied and divert the flight?

This tells more about Air Canada and air transport in general than it does about the pilot. Be afraid, be very afraid.