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Miscellaneous => Aviation News => Topic started by: mhm on November 11, 2013, 04:45:36 PM
A jumbo jet captain has been praised for asking an off-duty pilot to step in for an emergency landing when his co-pilot fell ill.
The replacement pilot was a passenger on a Lufthansa 747 flying from Newark to Frankfurt last November 19 when he covered for a crew member who had suffered dizzy spells, headaches and vomiting.
The 35-year-old co-pilot first became ill when the plane was over Newfoundland but by the time it was half way across the Atlantic a decision had to be taken to divert to Dublin and get him to hospital
http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/national/news/10800656._/
Have there been a case where both pilots were knocked out and a "flight simulator" pilot was identified among the passengers to land the commercial plane ?