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November 20, 2008

Flight Attendant Takes Over for Ill Co-Pilot, Helps Land 767 Jet

This almost sounds like something out of one of the old “Airport” movies. Except the “real life” flight attendant in this incident didn’t fall apart. The story took place last January. It seems, somewhere over the Atlantic, the co-pilot of an Air Canada jet heading from Toronto to London, apparently had a breakdown of some kind - and had to be “forcibly” removed from the cockpit. Fortunately, one of the flight attendants had a pilot’s license and stepped in to fill the breach. And helped land the plane safely in Shannon There are a lot more details in our sister blog, StandardUprightPosition - just click here.