Captain incapacitated by panic attack
Incident: Jetblue A320 near Amarillo on Mar 27th 2012, captain incapacitated by panic attack
By Simon Hradecky, created Tuesday, Mar 27th 2012 18:06Z, last updated Tuesday, Mar 27th 2012 18:10ZA Jetblue Airbus A320-200, registration N796JB performing flight B6-191 from New York JFK,NY to Las Vegas,NV (USA), was enroute at FL340 about 55nm north of Amarillo,TX (USA) when the captain suffered a panic attack and behaved entirely incoherent forcing the first officer to seek assistance by cabin crew and passengers to overpower the captain, lock him out of the cockpit and have him restrained in the passenger cabin. Another Jetblue pilot flying as passenger assisted the first officer while diverting to Amarillo for a safe landing about 20 minutes later.
The airline confirmed the flight diverted because of a medical condition with the captain. Another captain travelling as passenger on the flight joined the first officer in the cockpit. The ill captain was taken to a local hospital. A replacement aircraft is going to be dispatched to Amarillo to continue the flight.
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"Stork strike"
Incident: Air Canada A333 near Dublin on Nov 30th 2010, "stork strike"
| By Simon Hradecky, created Thursday, Dec 2nd 2010 14:57Z, last updated Thursday, Dec 2nd 2010 14:57Z
An Air Canada Airbus A330-300, registration C-GFAJ performing flight AC-875 from Frankfurt/Main (Germany) to Montreal,QC (Canada), was enroute at FL360 about 10nm north of Belfast International,NI (UK) when the crew decided to divert to Dublin (Ireland) after a woman (25) pregnant in her 37th week went into labour. The aircraft landed safely on runway 10 about 21 minutes later, the woman was taken to a hospital, where she gave birth to her baby. Baby and mother are reported in good condition.
The airplane departed again after about 3 hours on the ground and reached Montreal with a delay of 3:45 hours.
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Listening to passengers' health problems
ATC dealing with Pilot's Hypoxia
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Pilot Incapacitation
An air hostess helped land a jet carrying 146 passengers after the co-pilot had an apparent mental breakdown over the Atlantic Ocean, investigators revealed today.
The UK-bound plane made an emergency diversion to Shannon Airport, in Ireland, last January after the Air Canada flight officer began a ‘rambling and disjointed’ conversation, said an official report.
Another attendant suffered wrist injuries as the crew forcibly removed the co-pilot from the cockpit controls and restrained him in a seat in the cabin.
Air Canada
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Great ATC
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Flying passengers with special medical needs
By James Wynbrandt - August 2007
Maybe you’d like to fly a wheelchair-bound relative to a family function. Or perhaps a member of your management team has contracted a bad case of the flu during a business trip. Flights with passengers like these–or anyone with a significant health issue–necessitate special planning.
“Many medical conditions require people to think before they travel,” said Jennifer Garr, manager of medical operations for Tempe, Ariz.-based MedAire, which provides medical information to flight departments and charter companies. “We assess everything from a cough to someone who just had a cast put on,” Garr said.
The demand for MedAire’s services underscores the need to consult a doctor or other health professional if a medical issue could affect a passenger’s flight. Make sure the physician understands that cabin altitudes can affect some medical conditions. If the doctor green lights the flight, consider the basic rules governing fitness to fly without an attendant: “The individual has to be able to follow commands, sit on a seat and [wear] a seat belt,” said George Martinez, director of flight programs at Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based National Jets and National Air Ambulance....
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Prozac Pilots May Fly as FAA Drops Ban on Medicines (Update1)
April 02, 2010, 8:01 AM EDT
By John Hughes
April 2 (Bloomberg) -- Pilots taking Prozac will be permitted to fly as U.S. regulators drop a decades-old ban on four antidepressants including the Eli Lilly and Co. drug.
Risks from side effects, such as drowsiness, associated with the medications used to treat depression don’t pose a safety threat, the Federal Aviation Administration said today.
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Looking for a doctor on board
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Describing symptoms
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Dr Rumack, Mr Hammond ate fish, and Randy said there are five more cases
and they all had fish too.
And the co-pilot had fish, what did the navigator have?
He had fish.
Alright, now we know what we're up against.
Every passenger on this plane who had fish for dinner will become violently ill in the next half hour
Just how serious is it Doctor?
Extremely serious.
It starts with a slight fever and dryness of the throat.
When the virus penetrates the red blood cells, the victim becomes dizzy, begins to experience an itchy rash.
From there the poison goes to work on the central nervous system, causing severe muscle spasms
followed by the inevitable drooling.
At this point, the entire digestive system collapses accompanied by uncontrollable flatulence.
Until finally, the poor bastard is reduced to a quivering wasted piece of jelly.
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Signs of fatigue
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